Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Add Synopsys DesignWare HDMI RX Controller

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 03/04/2024 23:13, Deborah Brouwer wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 01:24:05PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 03/04/2024 13:20, Shreeya Patel wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, April 03, 2024 15:51 IST, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 03/04/2024 11:24, Shreeya Patel wrote:
>>>>> On Thursday, March 28, 2024 04:20 IST, Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This series implements support for the Synopsys DesignWare
>>>>>> HDMI RX Controller, being compliant with standard HDMI 1.4b
>>>>>> and HDMI 2.0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mauro and Hans,
>>>>>
>>>>> I haven't received any reviews so far. Hence, this is just a gentle reminder to review this patch series.
>>>>
>>>> Why did you put clk changes here? These go via different subsystem. That
>>>> might be one of obstacles for your patchset.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I added clock changes in this patch series because HDMIRX driver depends on it.
>>> I thought it is wrong to send the driver patches which don't even compile?
>>
>> Hm, why HDMIRX driver depends on clock? How? This sounds really wrong.
>> Please get it reviewed internally first.
>>
>>>
>>> Since you are a more experienced developer, can you help me understand what would
>>> be the right way to send patches in such scenarios?
>>
>> I am not the substitute for your Collabora engineers and peers. You do
>> not get free work from the community. First, do the work and review
>> internally, to solve all trivial things, like how to submit patches
>> upstream or how to make your driver buildable, and then ask community
>> for the review.
> 
> I don't think Shreeya was asking for "free" work from the community.
> Her question wasn't trivial or obvious since reasonable people seem to sometimes
> disagree about where to send a patch especially if it's needed to make a series compile.
> I heard the issue was already resolved but had to say something since this accusation
> seemed so unfair.

If HDMI driver does not build because of clock driver, something is
really wrong at the basics level. Therefore I am sure my statement was
fair,. based on Shreeya statement of build failure.

I am sorry, but independence of drivers and independence of DTS is a
basic thing, so to solve such you can easily get help internally from
your experienced folks (which you have).

Best regards,
Krzysztof