Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] iio: light: Add gain-time-scale helpers

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Mar 15 2023 - 10:17:08 EST


On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 04:12:59PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 12:51:26PM +0200, Matti Vaittinen wrote:

...

> My opinion on that, you should not depend on the others work if they are slow.
> It might take ages for them to finish and upstream that. Why should you wait?
>
> OTOH you may inform them with your patches that may have a chance to land before
> theirs. It might motivate them to speed up their work and coordinate the outcome
> that all stakeholders will be happy.
>
> That said, I would choose option 4), i.e. provide a series where you decouple
> thingy from DRM and Cc to Stephen with a cover letter note that explains why
> you chosen this way and what alternatives you are open to.

Ah, and before doing that you actually may ask Stephen on his roadmap about
that. If no answer for a week or so, go with option 4.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko