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Date:   Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:29:59 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Al Cooper <alcooperx@gmail.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jim Quinlan <jquinlan@broadcom.com>,
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        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
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        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] serial: 8250: of: Check for
 CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_BCM7271
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On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 02:43:03PM -0500, Al Cooper wrote:
> From: Jim Quinlan <jquinlan@broadcom.com>
> 
> This commit has of_platform_serial_probe() check specifically for the
> "brcm,bcm7271-uart" and whether its companion driver is enabled. If it
> is the case, and the clock provider is not ready, we want to make sure
> that when the 8250_bcm7271.c driver returns EPROBE_DEFER, we are not
> getting the UART registered via 8250_of.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Quinlan <jquinlan@broadcom.com>
> ---

When forwarding on patches from others, always include your
signed-off-by: as well, to ensure that you have reviewed this and are ok
with it.  I can't take this as-is, sorry.

And why did you include linux-usb@vger for this patch series?

thanks,

greg k-h