[PATCH v3 0/3] arm64: Add Renesas R8A7796 SoC support

[Simon Horman]

On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 10:33:45AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 10:54:37AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > this short series aims to add basic support for the
> > Gen 3 R-Car M3-W (r8a7796) SoC.
> > 
> > It has few bells and whistles but is sufficient to bring up
> > an r8a7795/salvator-x. I have provided a boot-log at the bottom
> > of this email in case it is of interest.
> > 
> > 
> > Dependency:
> > 
> > "[PATCH 0/4] clk: renesas: cpg-mssr: Add support for R-Car M3-W"
> > 
> > 
> > Availability:
> > 
> > In order to aid review this series, its dependency (above)
> > and the related patch "serial: sh-sci: Document SoC specific bindings for
> > r8a7796", which has been posted separately, are available at:
> > 
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/renesas.git topic/r8a7796-v3
> > 
> > To be entirely clear, at the time of writing I have _not_ queued up this
> > series for mainline.
> 
> I have queued this up for v4.8.
> 
> 
> I acknowledge that there has been some discussion of sharing DT between
> the r8a7795 and r8a7796. However it is my considered opinion that the level
> of duplication in the approach taken by this patchset is in keeping with
> the practice already used in the tree. And that material benefits in terms
> of ease of maintenance can only be realised with a solution that goes
> beyond breaking common nodes into a shared dtsi file.
> 
> It is my request that my decision as co-maintainer of the files
> in question be respected.

Bother, I spoke to soon.

There is a compile-time dependency on 8a7796-cpg-mssr.h
so "[PATCH 0/4] clk: renesas: cpg-mssr: Add support for R-Car M3-W"
needs to be present. I have deferred these patches pending that.