Message ID | 20240808154658.247873-1-herve.codina@bootlin.com (mailing list archive) |
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Headers | show |
Series | Add support for the LAN966x PCI device using a DT overlay | expand |
On Do, 2024-08-08 at 17:46 +0200, Herve Codina wrote: > Hi, > [...] > - Patches 3 to 8 allow the reset driver used for the LAN996x to be > built as a module. Indeed, in the case where Linux runs on the ARM > cores, it is common to have the reset driver built-in. However, when > the LAN996x is used as a PCI device, it makes sense that all its > drivers can be loaded as modules. I've applied patch 7 to reset/next. regards Philipp
Hi, On Thu, 8 Aug 2024 17:46:49 +0200 Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com> wrote: ... > In order to add this PCI driver, a number of preparation changes are > needed: > - Patches 1, 2 introduce the LAN996x PCI driver itself, together with > its DT overlay and the related MAINTAINTER entry. > > - Patches 3 to 8 allow the reset driver used for the LAN996x to be > built as a module. Indeed, in the case where Linux runs on the ARM > cores, it is common to have the reset driver built-in. However, when > the LAN996x is used as a PCI device, it makes sense that all its > drivers can be loaded as modules. > Patch 7 was applied my Philipp and patch 1 was acked by Greg. No feedback received on other patches. What can I do to move forward on this series and have it applied ? Best regards, Hervé
On Tue, 03 Sep 2024, Herve Codina wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 8 Aug 2024 17:46:49 +0200 > Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com> wrote: > > ... > > > In order to add this PCI driver, a number of preparation changes are > > needed: > > - Patches 1, 2 introduce the LAN996x PCI driver itself, together with > > its DT overlay and the related MAINTAINTER entry. > > > > - Patches 3 to 8 allow the reset driver used for the LAN996x to be > > built as a module. Indeed, in the case where Linux runs on the ARM > > cores, it is common to have the reset driver built-in. However, when > > the LAN996x is used as a PCI device, it makes sense that all its > > drivers can be loaded as modules. > > > > Patch 7 was applied my Philipp and patch 1 was acked by Greg. > > No feedback received on other patches. > What can I do to move forward on this series and have it applied ? Arnd needs to be okay with the syscon ref-counting idea.