[RFC PATCH v3 0/2] drivers/perf: hisi: Add driver for HNS3 PMU

John Garry john.garry at huawei.com
Wed Jun 2 05:29:03 PDT 2021


On 02/06/2021 13:12, huangguangbin (A) wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2021/5/10 16:49, John Garry wrote:
>> On 08/05/2021 10:44, Guangbin Huang wrote:
>>> This patch-set adds driver for HNS3(HiSilicon network system version 3)
>>> PMU and doc to descript it.
>>>
>>> This patchset is based on 5.12. Before applying this patchset, please
>>> apply patchset "drivers/perf: hisi: Add support for PCIe PMU" firstly,
>>> because the code of this driver is the same directory as HiSilicon PCIe
>>> PMU.
>>>
>>
>> Why is this patchset an RFC?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>> .
> Hi John,
> this patchset rely on the patchset "drivers/perf: hisi: Add support for 
> PCIe PMU",
> it needs the new directory "drivers/perf/pci/hisilicon/", so it is just 
> an RFC.
> .

I think then it is just better to mention this dependency on the cover 
letter and not mark as an RFC.

Thanks,
John



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