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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 00/13] Add support for AXP192 PMIC
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 2:06 AM Aidan MacDonald
<aidanmacdonald.0x0@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> writes:
> > On Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:43:22 +0100
> > Aidan MacDonald <aidanmacdonald.0x0@gmail.com> wrote:

...

> > Lee has recently expressed that he keen to take as much of these sorts
> > of series as possible via the various subsystem trees.
> >
> > As such, it is useful to call out in the cover letter of such a series
> > if this can be done. For example, patch 9 (last IIO one) can't be
> > applied without defines in patch 6 (I think). Thus I'm assuming Lee
> > will do an immutable branch with at least those patches on it.
> >
> > Perhaps worth expressing if that is also the case for the power
> > and regulator subsystem patches?

> Yep, the IIO, regulator, and power subsystem patches all depend on
> the MFD patch.

There are two types of dependencies: compile and functional.

> Specifically, patches 6, 9, and 10 depend on patch 5.
> I can't get rid of this dependency because the variant ID (AXP192_ID)
> has to be defined centrally in the MFD patch.

It's not clear which one you are talking about. If it's functional,
then each driver can be taken separately via each concerned subsystem.

> The axp20x_battery patches (last three of the whole series) don't
> depend on the variant ID or other defines, so they could be taken
> independently through the power subsystem.
>
> Even though the IIO cleanups (7 and 8) don't depend on anything else
> I imagine it'd cause problems to take those via IIO because patch 9
> depends on them.
>
> IOW: Lee probably needs to take patches 5-10.



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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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