Re: [PATCH v11 00/37] pinctrl: airoha: split on shared and SoC drivers, add more SoCs

[Mikhail Kshevetskiy]

On 8/7/26 19:07, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Hi Mikhail,
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 12:06 AM Mikhail Kshevetskiy
> <mikhail.kshevetskiy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This patchset
>>  * fixes more airoha pinctrl issues
>>  * split combined driver on common code and several SoC specific drivers
>>  * improves an7583 pinctrl support
>>  * adds support of en7523 SoC
>>  * adds support of an7563 SoC
>>
>> The driver split changes are based on Matheus Sampaio Queiroga work.
> This patch set began with 11 patches and is now 37 patches.
>
> Is this becayse Sashiko is touting you to just fix more and more issues?
>
> I think at some point we have to draw a line and say "let's fix the rest
> later".
>
> On the other hand I appreciate your efforts...

following reasons:
* move binding changes to separate patches (8 patches)
* openwrt upstream changes (4 patches)
* issues found by sashiko (5 patches)
* new features (3 patches)
* code cleanups (4 patches)

so growing from 11 to 37 patches looks reasonable

>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij