Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] hwmon: Add StarFive JH7100 temperature sensor

[Guenter Roeck]

On 8/1/21 1:19 PM, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 at 19:05, Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 at 18:54, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On 7/26/21 10:18 AM, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
> > > > This adds a driver for the temperature sensor on the JH7100, a RISC-V
> > > > SoC by StarFive Technology Co. Ltd., and most likely also the upcoming
> > > > JH7110 version.
> > > >
> > > > The SoC is used on the BeagleV Starlight board:
> > > > https://github.com/beagleboard/beaglev-starlight
> > > >
> > > > Support for this SoC is not yet upstreamed, but is actively worked on,
> > > > so it should only be a matter of time before that happens.
> > >
> > > Hmm, makes me wonder if I should apply the series now or later,
> > > when the chip is actually supported by the kernel. Comments/thoughts ?
> > >
> > > Guenter
> >
> > I'd of course love if it was applied now. That would at least mean
> > fewer patches to rebase when keeping the beaglev patches [1] up to
> > date, and I'd be very surprised if SoC support doesn't make it
> > upstream eventually. But I'd also fully understand the position that
> > this only makes sense to add when support for the SoC is upstream too.
> > I'm adding Drew, as he might have something to say about this.
>
> Hi Guenter,
>
> Things have changed. The BeagleBoard.org foundation is no longer
> planning to make any further boards using the JH7100 or upcoming
> JH7110 SoCs from StarFive. I still think support for the JH7100 will
> make it upstream eventually, but I'm no longer confident enough to
> recommend merging this before there are more concrete plans for the
> SoC. So thanks for the reviews. I'll repost it when I think it's time
> to consider it for upstream again.

Thanks for the update.

Guenter