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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] PCI: dwc: layerscape: convert to builtin_platform_driver()
    Hi Michael,

    On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 11:46 AM Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc> wrote:
    > Am 2021-01-26 11:02, schrieb Lorenzo Pieralisi:
    > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 11:52:46AM +0100, Michael Walle wrote:
    > >> fw_devlink will defer the probe until all suppliers are ready. We
    > >> can't
    > >> use builtin_platform_driver_probe() because it doesn't retry after
    > >> probe
    > >> deferral. Convert it to builtin_platform_driver().
    > >>
    > >> Fixes: e590474768f1 ("driver core: Set fw_devlink=on by default")
    > >
    > > I will have to drop this Fixes: tag if you don't mind, it is not
    > > in the mainline.
    >
    > That commit is in Greg's for-next tree:
    > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git/commit/?h=driver-core-next&id=e590474768f1cc04852190b61dec692411b22e2a
    >
    > I was under the impression there are other commits with this
    > particular fixes tag, too. Either it was removed from
    > for-next queues or I was confused.
    >
    > But I'm fine with removing the tag, assuming this will end
    > up together with the "driver core: Set fw_devlink=on by default"
    > commit in 5.11.

    Definitely not v5.11.

    And I sincerely doubt it will be applied for v5.12.
    It's already way too late to implement all changes to existing drivers
    needed, and get them accepted for v5.12.

    Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

    Geert

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