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Arnd Bergmann arnd at kernel.org
Fri Jan 8 07:30:30 EST 2021


On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 11:32 AM Misono Tomohiro
<misono.tomohiro at jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> Subject: [RFC PATCH 00/10] Add Fujitsu A64FX soc entry/hardware barrier driver
> [RFC]
>  This is the first time we upstream drivers for our chip and I want to
>  confirm driver location and patch submission process.
>
>  Based on my observation it seems drivers/soc folder is right place to put
>  this driver, so I added Kconfig entry for arm64 platform config, created
>  soc/fujitsu folder and updated MAINTAINER entry accordingly (last patch).
>  Is it right?

This looks good as a start. It may be possible that during review, we
come up with a different location or a different user interface that may
change the code, but if it stays in drivers/soc/fujitsu, then the other
steps are absolutely right.

>  Also for final submission I think I need to 1) create some public git
>  tree to push driver code (github or something), 2) make pull request to
>  SOC team (soc at kernel.org). Is it a correct procedure?

Yes. I would prefer something other than github, e.g. an account
on a fujitsu.com host, on kernel.org, or on git.linaro.org, but github
works if none of the alternatives are easy for you.

When you send a pull request, make sure you sign the tag with
a gpg key, ideally after getting it on the kernel.org keyring [1].

       Arnd

[1] https://korg.docs.kernel.org/pgpkeys.html



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