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

    regards,

    Peter.

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