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Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:05:04 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] arm64: dts: ti: k3-j7200-som-p0: Add TP6594
 family PMICs
From:   "Esteban Blanc" <eblanc@baylibre.com>
To:     "Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>,
        <nm@ti.com>, <vigneshr@ti.com>, <kristo@kernel.org>,
        <robh+dt@kernel.org>, <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>
References: <20230414112843.1358067-1-eblanc@baylibre.com>
 <714a56b1-438c-7aad-920b-f3f1d72afc5f@linaro.org>
In-Reply-To: <714a56b1-438c-7aad-920b-f3f1d72afc5f@linaro.org>
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On Fri Apr 14, 2023 at 1:36 PM CEST, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 14/04/2023 13:28, Esteban Blanc wrote:
> > TPS6594 is a Power Management IC which provides regulators and others
> > features like GPIOs, RTC, watchdog, ESMs (Error Signal Monitor), and
> > PFSM (Pre-configurable Finite State Machine). The SoC and the PMIC can
> > communicate through the I2C or SPI interfaces.
> > TPS6594 is the super-set device while TPS6593 and LP8764 are derivative=
s.
> >=20
> > This should be applied on top of other patch series:
> > - https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230406075622.8990-1-jpanis@baylibre.com=
/
> >   For core MFD driver
> > - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230414101217.1342891-1-eblanc@baylibre=
.com/
> >   For regulator driver
>
> Why? DTS cannot be merged with drivers, so if you insist on such
> dependency then:
> 1. Your patchset is broken,
> 2. I actually does not understand why,
> 3. NAK - don't merge DTS into driver branches.
>
> You probably are misunderstanding branches and dependencies.

There is no dependency indeed. We thought that dt-bindings patch at least h=
ad
to be applied before this DT series even if it is not a 'dependency', the o=
ther
link was a mistake. I will remove these misleading links in next cover-lett=
er.

Thanks for your time. Best regards,

--=20
Esteban Blanc
BayLibre