Re: [PATCH v4 0/9] serial: sc16is7xx: fix GPIO regression and rs485 improvements

From: Hugo Villeneuve
Date: Tue May 30 2023 - 11:42:12 EST


On Tue, 30 May 2023 14:15:39 +0300
andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Mon, May 29, 2023 at 10:07:08PM -0400, Hugo Villeneuve kirjoitti:
> > On Tue, 30 May 2023 01:31:28 +0300
> > andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > Mon, May 29, 2023 at 10:07:02AM -0400, Hugo Villeneuve kirjoitti:
> > > > From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > this patch series mainly fixes a GPIO regression and improve RS485 flags and
> > > > properties detection from DT.
> > > >
> > > > It now also includes various small fixes and improvements that were previously
> > > > sent as separate patches, but that made testing everything difficult.
> > > >
> > > > Patch 1 fixes an issue when debugging IOcontrol register. After testing the GPIO
> > > > regression patches (patches 6 and 7, tests done by Lech Perczak), it appers that
> > > > this patch is also necessary for having the correct IOcontrol register values.
> > > >
> > > > Patch 2 introduces a delay after a reset operation to respect datasheet
> > > > timing recommandations.
> > >
> > > These two patches are w/o Fixes tag, they should be moved in the series further
> > > as I explained before.
> >
> > Your explanation was not clear.
>
> Sorry if it feels like this. The documentation should have more clarity
> on the matter.
>
> > Anyway, I moved them in position 7 and 8.
>
> Thank you, but take also what Greg KH replied to you into consideration.
> He is the maintainer and seems other patches needs some additional work
> in the scope of Fixes / backport (see stable kernel patches flow in the
> kernel documentation, which I also mentioned earlier).

Hi,
will do.

Thank you,.
Hugo.