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Subject: Re: [PATCH] opp: Add API for getting voltage from supplies
From:   Nick Fan <nick.fan@mediatek.com>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
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Date:   Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:36:49 +0800
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On Thu, 2018-12-13 at 16:12 +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 13-12-18, 18:36, Nick Fan wrote:
> > This new API is suitable for the users that required to access for
> > multiple regulators. And I am one of users who uses this API, but I am
> > not able to upstream the GPU kernel driver which uses the new API.
> 
> Look at it from mainline's perspective..
> 
> - We don't (can't) care about non-mainline stuff. Actually we do care,
>   but we can't add code to mainline which is not going to be used by
>   any mainline user.
> 
> - I am fine with introducing the new API, but that will happen only if
>   there is going to be a mainline user as well.
> 
> - As you are going to maintain your GPU driver offline, you can
>   maintain this patch too.
> 
> Sorry Nick.
> 
It's OK.
I got your ideas.
Thanks a lot for the explanation and review on this patch.

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Nick Fan