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From: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] coresight: cti: Remove hw_enabled flag
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Hi Mike,

On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 02:31:11PM +0000, Mike Leach wrote:

[...]

> > The enable_req_count field already tracks whether the CTI device is
> > enabled.  A non-zero value indicates that the device is active, the
> > hw_enabled flag is redundant if so.
> > 
> 
> Minor nit - removal of this flag actually started in the previous patch.
> If respinning might be worth combining this and the previous one.

In the new version, I will keep separate patches for removing the
hw_enabled and hw_powered flags, as they are two different things.
This would be easier to review and friendly for bisection.

I will take your suggestion in patch 08.

Thanks,
Leo