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There was no point in pinging just before merge > > > window and is even worse to ping now. Nothing can happen with this > > > patchset and such pings is only noise. > > > > > > > Thanks for the guidance and apologies for the noise created during the merge > > window. > > > > > > > > > > Since the patches have received Reviewed-by tags from Dmitry and > > > > Guenter, I wanted to confirm the merge strategy. > > > > > > > > Bjorn: Are you planning to pick the QCOM SCM changes separately through > > > > your tree, or would you prefer the whole series go through the Watchdog > > > > tree? > > > > If the latter, do we need an explicit Acked-by from you for QCOM SCM patch? > > > > > > Where did you document dependencies between patches and any non-obvious > > > merging? I open cover letter and there is NOTHING. I look at patch > > > changelog and also NOTHING. > > > > > > So if you tell us nothing, why would we care to think we need to do > > > anything special here? > > > > > > You must explicitly document every dependency, both external and between > > > patches, in the cover letter. At least cover letter, some people (e.g. > > > mostly me) don't even read them... > > > > > > > This is a miss from my end. The following information should have been the > > part of the cover letter: > > ``` > > This series spans 2 subsystems and is split as follows: > > - Patch 1: QCOM SCM - Register Gunyah Watchdog Platform device > > - Patch 2: Watchdog - Add Gunyah Watchdog driver > > > > Dependency: > > There is no build-time dependency between the patches, but Patch 1 is > > required for Patch 2 to function. > > > > Merge strategies: > > - Strategy 1: Take both patches via the Watchdog tree. > > - Strategy 2: Take Patch 1 via QCM SCM maintainter's tree, Patch 2 via > > Watchdog tree. > > > > Since the patches concern primarily with the Watchdog, I suggest we go ahead > > with Strategy 1. If this is acceptable, I request an Acked-by from QCOM SCM > > maintainer for Patch 1. > > ``` > > > > Is it possible to pick it up for v6.20? As mentioned above, both patches > don't have compile time dependency, however the QCOM SCM patch is needed > for probing the watchdog device. > Please let us know if we need to split the series into two separate patches? or is it fine to get first patch through qcom-next and 2nd patch through watchdog tree? Thanks, Pavan