Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] MAINTAINERS: add zx2967 watchdog controller driver to ARM ZTE architecture

[Guenter Roeck]

On 02/04/2017 07:45 PM, Shawn Guo wrote:
> Hi Baoyou,
>
> On Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 10:36:38AM +0800, Baoyou Xie wrote:
> > On 5 February 2017 at 08:05, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On 02/03/2017 05:34 PM, Baoyou Xie wrote:
> > >
> > > > Add the zx2967 watchdog controller driver as maintained by ARM ZTE
> > > > architecture maintainers, as they're parts of the core IP.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > I assume you'll submit this patch through the arm tree ?
> > Could you please submit all three patches through your tree? Thanks a lot
> > :)
>
> Patch #2 is the only one that Guenter is concerned about, as there are
> other subsystem related updates on the file.  I think Guenter's
> suggestion is good, i.e. we have patch #1 and #3 go upstream through
> watchdog tree, and later we update MAINTAINERS as needed via arm-soc
> tree.

Yes. One of the problems is that the patch doesn't apply to my tree
(which is based on v4.10-rc3), and it doesn't have a common anchestor,
meaning it is most likely not based on mainline. I would prefer to avoid
conflicts with the arm tree if possible.

Guenter