Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM64: dts: meson-axg: add the SPICC controller

[Kevin Hilman]

On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yixun Lan <yixun.lan@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> From: Sunny Luo <sunny.luo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Add DT info for the SPICC controller which found in
>> the Amlogic's Meson-AXG SoC.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sunny Luo <sunny.luo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Yixun Lan <yixun.lan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch looks OK but it doesn't apply cleanly.
>
> A quick glance suggests that it's becuase it has a dependency on the PWM
> series, but that dependency was not described here (or in the cover
> letter.)
>
> If the series does not apply directly on mainline, the cover letter
> should describe the dependencies clearly.
>
> In your case, I understand it's difficult because you have many series
> in parallel at the same time.  I would suggest that locally, you keep
> each series as independent branches based on the latest -rc tag.

Correction: while in general it's best to keep things based on the
latest -rc tag, for DT patches, it's even better if you base things on
my current <version>/dt64 branch (currently v4.16/dt64)

Kevin