[STLinux Kernel] [PATCH 0/7] reset: Consumers to explicitly request 'exclusive' or 'shared' lines

[Philipp Zabel]

Hi Lee,

Am Dienstag, den 07.06.2016, 10:24 +0100 schrieb Lee Jones:
[...]
> I guess it should really go into the -rcs, yes.  Since Hans' patch
> actually breaks a lot of devices.  I'm pretty surprised a patch
> capable of this much damage was actually accepted to be honest.

I wasn't aware there were more drivers already sharing resets, and
arguably before Hans' patches this wasn't really supported at all.
It only worked by circumstance.

> A better approach would have been to issue a warning, but keep the
> semantics the same for at least a couple of releases.  However, I
> guess the damage has been done now, so let's do what we can do fix
> it.

Agreed.

regards
Philipp