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SubjectRe: [STLinux Kernel] [PATCH 0/7] reset: Consumers to explicitly request 'exclusive' or 'shared' lines
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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Lee Jones
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