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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Prerequisites for NXP LS104xA SMMU enablement
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Hi Laurentiu,

Am 30.05.19 um 16:19 schrieb laurentiu.tudor@nxp.com:
> This patch series contains several fixes in preparation for SMMU
> support on NXP LS1043A and LS1046A chips. Once these get picked up,
> I'll submit the actual SMMU enablement patches consisting in the
> required device tree changes.

Have you thought through what will happen if this patch ordering is not
preserved? In particular, a user installing a future U-Boot update with
the DTB bits but booting a stable kernel without this patch series -
wouldn't that regress dpaa then for our customers?

Regards,
Andreas

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