Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Jun 2016 10:15:43 +0100 | From | Lee Jones <> | Subject | Re: [STLinux Kernel] [PATCH 0/7] reset: Consumers to explicitly request 'exclusive' or 'shared' lines |
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On Tue, 07 Jun 2016, Peter Griffin wrote:
> Hi, > > On Mon, 06 Jun 2016, Lee Jones wrote: > > > Phasing out generic reset line requests enables us to make some better > > decisions on when and how to (de)assert said lines. If an 'exclusive' > > line is requested, we know a device *requires* a reset and that it's > > preferable to act upon a request right away. However, if a 'shared' > > reset line is requested, we can reasonably assume sure that placing a > > device into reset isn't a hard requirement, but probably a measure to > > save power and is thus able to cope with not being asserted if another > > device is still in use. > > > > In order allow gentle adoption and not to forcing all consumers to > > move to the API immediately, causing administration headache between > > subsystems, this patch adds some temporary stand-in shim-calls. This > > will ease the burden at merge time and allow subsystems to migrate over > > to the new API in a more realistic time-frame. > > Is the intention that this series will be taken into the next -rc? > > As the introduction of shared resets in reset subsystem has caused regressions > on STi platforms.
Yes, which is why it has a Fixes: tag.
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