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Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 3/8] genirq: Add mechanism to multiplex a single HW IPI
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Date:   Fri, 02 Dec 2022 03:09:03 +0100
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Anup!

On Thu, Dec 01 2022 at 23:30, Anup Patel wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 10:50 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>> > irqchip driver and it is shared by various RISC-V irqchip drivers.
>>
>> Sure, but now we have two copies of this. One in the Apple AIC and one
>> here. The obvious thing to do is:
>>
>>    1) Provide generic infrastructure
>>
>>    2) Convert AIC to use it
>
> Mark Z already has a converted version of AIC driver.
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/maz/arm-platforms.git/log/?h=irq/ipi-mux

You are submitting generic infrastructure which is supposed to go
through the relevant maintainer tree and not be funneled through some
riscv branch.

So obviously this very maintainer asks the predictable question and also
wants to see the Acked/Tested-by of the folks who maintain apple-AIC.

How is that supposed to work without integrating this patch into your
series and without having the apple-AIC folks on cc?

You did not start kernel development as of yesterday, right?

Thanks,

        tglx