Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: rcar: add SMBus block read support

From: Eugeniu Rosca
Date: Wed Apr 06 2022 - 15:31:29 EST


Hi Wolfram,

On Tue, Apr 05, 2022 at 11:43:29AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > In general, the Renesas kernel always carries a set of patches with
> > non-mainlined changes, Fortunately, for i2c specifically (as opposed
> > to other subsystems), it is narrow enough to not raise major concerns:
>
> Well, yes, that shows that I am mostly successful with reporting back to
> the BSP team :D

100%! I remember the early days of Renesas R-Car Gen3 kernels, with
literally thousands of patches on top of v4.2/v4.4/v4.6 vanilla tags.

It felt like mission impossible to upstream those. But here we are. Kudos!

Best regards,
Eugeniu