Re: [PATCH V8 1/5] PCI: Add defines for Designated Vendor-Specific Extended Capability

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 10/8/20 9:29 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Oct 2020, Hans de Goede wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 10/7/20 8:54 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > On Tue, 06 Oct 2020, David E. Box wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, 2020-10-06 at 19:51 -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 03:45:54PM -0700, David E. Box wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Bjorn,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This patch has been acked and unchanged for weeks. Is it possible
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > get this pulled into next? We have SIOV and CXL related work that
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > using these definitions. Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > I acked it because I expected you to merge it along with the rest of
> > > > > the series.
> > > > >
> > > > > I guess I could merge this patch via the PCI tree if you really want,
> > > > > but that ends up being a hassle because we have to worry about which
> > > > > order things get merged to Linus' tree.  Better if the whole series
> > > > > is
> > > > > merged via the same tree.
> > > >
> > > > Agreed. The hope is that this series is ready for the next merge window
> > > > but no ack yet on V8. And if the series does not make it I'd like this
> > > > patch to at least get in.
> > >
> > > If Bjorn is happy to take this patch so late in the release cycle then
> > > please go ahead.  The other patches are due for v5.11.
> >
> > I agree (that the other patches are for 5.11) talking about merging
> > this series patch 2 is a mfd patch and patches 3-5 are drivers/platform/x86
> > patches.
> >
> > Lee, FYI I'm taking over drivers/platform/x86 maintainership from Andy.
>
> Congratulations, Hans.
>
> > I suggest that we merge the entire series through a single tree
> > (with acks or reviewed-by-s from the other maintainer)
> > either through the mfd tree or through the drivers/platform/x86
> > tree. Since most changes are in drivers/platform/x86 the latter
> > probably makes more sense, but either way works for me.
> > So how would you like to proceed with this series ?
>
> I'm happy either way, but bear in mind that, due to the intrinsic
> heterogeneous nature of MFD, I already have infrastructure to easily
> apply (and send pull-requests for) cross-subsystem patch-sets.

Ok, you applying the entire series to the mfd tree is fine with me.

I'll try to review the entire series next week and then we'll see
from there.

Regards,

Hans