[PATCH v3 4/4] net: nb8800: Add support for suspend/resume

Marc Gonzalez marc_gonzalez at sigmadesigns.com
Tue Nov 14 09:08:47 PST 2017


On 14/11/2017 17:31, Andrew Lunn wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 03:22:04PM +0100, Marc Gonzalez wrote:
> 
>> On 14/11/2017 14:02, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>>
>>> Missing patch description.  Don't bother though.  I won't approve of
>>> this implementation.
>>
>> I hope I can convince David that you should not have veto power over
>> this driver just because it was you who submitted it upstream first.
> 
> In practice, anybody can request a veto on a patch. If a patch
> introduces a regression, and somebody reports it, that is pretty much
> an automatic veto.
> 
> Please work with Mans to ensure you are not breaking the driver for
> the hardware he cares about.

FWIW, removing generic support ("aurora,nb8800") does not break any existing hardware.

The ethernet controller in the board Mans uses is supported by "sigma,smp8642-ethernet".

I can't test my exact changes on a similar board because support for that board
is not (yet?) upstream.




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