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From:   Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:48:29 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] soc: loongson2_pm: add power management support
To:     Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Cc:     Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@loongson.cn>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
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        Jianmin Lv <lvjianmin@loongson.cn>, wanghongliang@loongson.cn,
        Liu Peibao <liupeibao@loongson.cn>,
        loongson-kernel@lists.loongnix.cn, Liu Yun <liuyun@loongson.cn>,
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Hi, Conor, Arnd,

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 4:44=E2=80=AFPM Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchi=
p.com> wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> +CC Huacai & WANG.
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 03:49:42PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
> > Loongson-2 platform support Power Management Controller (ACPI) and this
> > series patch was to add PM driver that base on dts and PM binding suppo=
rt.
> >
> > Change in v5:
> >               1. The patch "[PATCH v3 1/3] loongarch: export some arch-=
specific
> >                  pm interfaces" had been merged into linux-next tree th=
us this
> >                  v4 series patch need drop it and need depend on it and=
 it's
> >                  patch link was:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230615091757.24686-2-zhuyinbo@loongson.cn=
/
>
> Just to note, it might be in linux-next, but more importantly it is also
> in v6.5-rc1, so there is no issue with dependencies.
>
> >               2. Swap the positions of compatible for 2k1000 and 2k0500=
.
>
> I noticed you sent a mail pinging the v4 of this series yesterday as it
> had not been picked up. Who do you actually expect to apply these
> patches? There does not appear to be a maintainer listed for the
> drivers/soc/loongson directory, just one for your GUTS driver.
>
> As a result, patches like
> <https://lore.kernel.org/all/a69170cb55cfc73e378b40ccf1d9c16f@208suo.com/=
>
> have gone ignored. Granted, that patch is probably crap that does not
> apply, due to 208suo.com people sending corrupted patches, but you the
> point.
>
> More interestingly there is also
> <https://lore.kernel.org/all/40b324af-3483-4b3d-b65a-a97944aa4a70@app.fas=
tmail.com/>
> which seems to have also gone missing (I don't see it in linux-next),
> despite some discussion about how the patch should be merged.
>
> Looks to me like drivers/soc/loongson/ needs someone to take
> responsibility for picking up patches for the directory & sending them
> to the soc maintainers (with a new MAINTAINERS entry reflecting that) so
> that patches don't fall through the cracks.
As discussed when the guts driver gets merged, I think it is better to
go via Arnd's soc tree for these patches under drivers/soc/loongson/.

To Krzysztof,

I'm very sorry for the disclaimer, I will remove it, and please take it eas=
y.

Huacai

>
> Thanks,
> Conor.