RE: [RFC PATCH v3 0/7] Add Pinctrl driver for Starfive JH8100 SoC

[Leyfoon Tan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 6, 2024 2:35 PM
> To: Yuklin Soo <yuklin.soo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>; Hal Feng
> <hal.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Leyfoon Tan <leyfoon.tan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> Jianlong Huang <jianlong.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Emil Renner Berthing
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> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 0/7] Add Pinctrl driver for Starfive JH8100 SoC
> 
> On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 1:14 PM Alex Soo <yuklin.soo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > Starfive JH8100 SoC consists of 4 pinctrl domains - sys_east,
> > sys_west, sys_gmac, and aon. This patch series adds pinctrl drivers
> > for these 4 pinctrl domains and this patch series is depending on the
> > JH8100 base patch series in [1] and [2].
> > The relevant dt-binding documentation for each pinctrl domain has been
> > updated accordingly.
> >
> > [1]
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231201121410.95298-1-jeeheng.sia@starfi
> > vetech.com/ [2]
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231206115000.295825-1-
> jeeheng.sia@starf
> > ivetech.com/
> 
> v3 is starting to look very nice, why is this patch set still in "RFC"?
> 
> I would like some proper review from the StarFive maintainers at this point so
> we can get it finished.
> 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

Hi Linus

Thanks for reviewing the patches.

There is a discussion in another thread about the JH8100 SoC being validated on FPGA/Emulation only now.  The suggestion is to send the patches as "RFC" before the real silicon availability.

https://patchew.org/linux/20231201121410.95298-1-jeeheng.sia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/20231201121410.95298-3-jeeheng.sia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Regards
Ley Foon