[PATCH 4/5] regulator: 88pm800: Add 88pm860 regulator support

Lee Jones lee.jones at linaro.org
Tue Jul 21 08:55:39 PDT 2015


> >>>>I have just sent single patch, which has dependency on regulator
> >>>>changes. Please review, ack and queue up.
> >>>
> >>>A little presumptuous, don't you think? ;)
> >>>
> >>>>[PATCH-v3] mfd: 88pm80x: Add 88pm860 chip type support
> >>>>https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6826531/
> >>>
> >>>So nothing depends on this anymore, right?
> >>>
> >>
> >>No, regulato patch depends on this.
> >>Mark needs your tag in order to take above patch through regulator tree.
> >
> >That's not how we usually do things.
> >
> >However, as this patch is a very simple one, it shouldn't cause too
> >many issues if it were to go in via the Regulator tree.
> >
> 
> Thanks for your ack.
> 
> And I understand your concern, but not sure how would you solve such
> dependency?

We usually share immutable branches, which contain all of the patches
in the correct order.

> Another point which keeps bugging me is, git-bisect.

... which also mitigates bisect issues.

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Lee Jones
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