From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754427AbcA0KCp (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jan 2016 05:02:45 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-f53.google.com ([74.125.82.53]:36316 "EHLO mail-wm0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754097AbcA0KCl (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jan 2016 05:02:41 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:02:37 +0100 From: Pali =?utf-8?B?Um9ow6Fy?= To: Russell King - ARM Linux Cc: Tony Lindgren , Pavel Machek , =?utf-8?Q?Beno=C3=AEt?= Cousson , Rob Herring , Pawel Moll , Mark Rutland , Ian Campbell , Kumar Gala , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: n900: Include adp1653 device Message-ID: <20160127100237.GH25796@pali> References: <1451086812-3729-1-git-send-email-pali.rohar@gmail.com> <20160121091241.GS7192@pali> <20160121092909.GH5783@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20160121101828.GA7411@amd> <20160121163857.GH19432@atomide.com> <20160121165408.GJ5783@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20160121165408.GJ5783@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23.1 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 21 January 2016 16:54:08 Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 08:38:57AM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > * Pavel Machek [160121 02:19]: > > > On Thu 2016-01-21 09:29:10, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > > > The merge window is open, which is when development code that was merged > > > > in good time prior to the merge window is sent upstream to Linus. Linux > > > > maintainers may choose not to merge new code into their tree to avoid > > > > disrupting the utility of linux-next until the merge window has > > > > closed. > > > > > > Support for new hardware is normally allowed after -rc1. > > > > Yeah most maintainers avoid looking at new code until -rc1. Or until > > regresssions are out of the way. So patience please. Fixes are > > welcome any time though. > > Indeed. However, unlike Pavel's comment, many maintainers choose not > to merge code for new hardware until the merge window - it's very rare > that support for new hardware is merged during the -rc phase. > > If it were otherwise, I would've been able to get the Hummingboard 2 > DTS patches in, or the etnaviv team would've been able to get the > Etnaviv GPU DRM driver in during the 4.4-rc cycle, or the Dove PMU > driver, or... etc. > > Practically, new code waits for merge windows, because no one wants > to de-stabilise the progression of the -rc series with new code, and > Linus wants to see -rc merges fairly quiet and be mostly bug fixes > so he can feel good about a final release around -rc6 to -rc7 time. > In my opinion this patch is not support for new hardware. It just add missing DT definition for one specific board for HW which was added to linux kernel in v4.2-rc1 version. For me it looks like that needed DT definition was forgotten... -- Pali Rohár pali.rohar@gmail.com