Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:04:54 -0500 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] ARM: sunxi: Add an ahci-platform compatible AHCI driver for the Allwinner SUNXi series of SoCs |
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Hello, Hans.
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 08:00:20PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: > I think it would be a good idea to merge ahci upstream using the > ahci_imx.c method for now. You already indicated that you were not against > doing that for now.
Well, the thing is nothing actually happened since ahci_imx got merged, so I'm wondering maybe there isn't enough pressure.
> Oliver is working on getting a cleaner solution for this, but doing this > properly takes tinme, and we would like to move forward with getting > sunxi ahci support upstream in the mean time. > > So if it is ok with you we would like to move forward with the version > initially posted. Therefor I would like to request you to review it > (glossing over the platform device instantiating a platform device > approach for now), and provide us with feedback so that we can do a v2 > and start moving this towards the mainline kernel.
We still have some time left before the next merge window and if it's really necessary, I can submit drivers post -rc1 too, so I'd still *much* prefer doing it properly rather than creating more drivers which would need to be cleaned up later.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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