(subset) [PATCH v9 4/6] dt-bindings: mfd: Add support for Airoha EN7581 GPIO System Controller

[Lee Jones]

On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, Lee Jones wrote:

> On Wed, 06 Nov 2024, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM Lee Jones <lee at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 06 Nov 2024, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Nov 06, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 01:20:04 +0200, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> > > > > > Add support for Airoha EN7581 GPIO System Controller which provide a
> > > > > > register map for controlling the GPIO, pinctrl and PWM of the SoC via
> > > > > > dedicated pinctrl and pwm child nodes.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Applied, thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > [4/6] dt-bindings: mfd: Add support for Airoha EN7581 GPIO System Controller
> > > > >       commit: f49f37f3cfe1482d4dc77d26f3e8c38eab630d52
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Lee Jones [李琼斯]
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Lee,
> > > >
> > > > according to my understanding this patch has been already applied by Linus
> > > > here:
> > > >
> > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-pinctrl.git/commit/?h=devel&id=50dedb1eb1e6755ccab55f6140916c2d192be765
> > >
> > > An interesting choice.  Linus?
> > 
> > Yes I suggested that I merge patches 1-5 on oct 29 and applied the
> > day after:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-gpio/CACRpkdYshPusdA7bDW2y8H_wp-Fm3N-YCsY1_Qn=dZqRiFy12w@mail.gmail.com/
> > 
> > It's because the bindings are dependent on each other, this one patch has:
> > 
> > +  pinctrl:
> > +    type: object
> > +    $ref: /schemas/pinctrl/airoha,en7581-pinctrl.yaml
> > +    description:
> > +      Child node definition for EN7581 Pin controller
> > +
> > +  pwm:
> > +    type: object
> > +    $ref: /schemas/pwm/airoha,en7581-pwm.yaml
> > +    description:
> > +      Child node definition for EN7581 PWM controller
> > 
> > Those refs will explode unless the two others are merged at the same
> > time.
> > 
> > Usually we merge the whole shebang through MFD but this one felt
> > different because there is no actual MFD driver, just using simple-mfd.
> > 
> > In hindsight I should probs not have been so trigger happy and give
> > some more time for this to settle... Merge window stress I guess. :/
> > 
> > It's fine to apply textually identical patches to two trees though as
> > git will sort
> > that out so technically it's no big deal, you can keep it applied if you
> > want.
> 
> It's okay.  Life will be easier for everyone if I remove it.

Okay, I dropped it from my tree.

Next time I would like a say/opportunity to Ack please.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]