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SubjectRe: [PATCH] i2c: Use u8 type in i2c transfer calls
On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:48:59 -0700
Jason Gerecke <killertofu@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 1:48 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 4:30 PM Jason Gerecke <killertofu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 12:01 PM Jason Gerecke <killertofu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 5:21 PM kernel test robot <rong.a.chen@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > Writing a patch to fix the new warnings generated by my I2C patch is
> > > > simple enough, but I'd like some help coordinating getting both
> > > > patches landed. Should I wait for the I2C patch to land in "for-next"
> > > > before sending the IIO fix, or would it be preferred to send the IIO
> > > > fix right now so that both patches can be reviewed simultaneously?
> > >
> > > It's been pretty quiet, so asking again for any thoughts on how to
> > > best address this tangle...
> >
> > The rule of thumb is not to introduce an additional warning or compile error.
> > I haven't looked deeply into this case, but it smells to me as if you need a new
> > version of your initial patch that includes a fix to IIO.
> >
> >
> > --
> > With Best Regards,
> > Andy Shevchenko
>
> Thanks! Since the patch would touch both IIO and I2C I assume I would
> submit it to both mailinglists. And that whichever maintainer gets to
> it first would just give their Reviewed-by (if all looks good) and the
> second applies the Signed-off-by and handles the merge?
>
> I'll work on the updated combined patch...

I suspect this will be likely to create merge conflicts, so submit it like
that and I'll probably ask Wolfram to do an immutable branch that I can
then pull into IIO. Hence we'll have exactly the same commits (IDs and all)
in both IIO and I2C trees.

Jonathan

>
> Jason

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