Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] gpio: Move most of the Intel GPIO to the dedicated folder

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2026 at 03:45:13PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 05, 2026 at 04:35:02PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 02, 2026 at 10:48:42PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 05:57:02PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > For the easier maintenance and future development move most of Intel GPIO
> > > > > drivers to the dedicated 'intel' folder. For now it only covers the drivers
> > > > > I maintain (as per record in the MAINTAINERS).
> > > >
> > > > I wanted to apply this in order to see how the menuconfig looks like
> > > > with it but it doesn't apply neither to next/master nor v7.4-rc1.
> > > 
> > > I will check this as soon as I can (currently I have something else to
> > > address which is more urgent and it's not related to Linux at all).
> > 
> > Actually I can't do it right now as it will be a race with the incoming
> > patches (for example, I see gpio-sodaville change in the mailing list).
> > Can you tell me when it will be the time that
> > 
> > 1) your for-current is present in for-next (so no merging conflicts)
> > 2) your for-next is closed for new patches for a few days?
> > 
> > Only with that I can achieve some good result, otherwise you will always
> > tell me to rebase/resend and while I do this, there will be a chance of
> > a new contribution that continues the loop.
> > 
> > TL;DR: I truly believe that the best timing for such a series is just
> > after the -rc1 as a first batch against for-current *and* for-next
> > (same piece assumed to go to -rc2). But of course, we may resolve
> > the potential conflicts.
> >
> 
> Can we do it during the next merge window? After I send my initial PR,
> you rebase, resend, I queue it and send it to Linus in a subsequent PR?

Sure.

> Do you have a public branch in the meantime that I could play with?

Not at the moment, but I can resurrect my public GitLab repo.
I will provide details later on.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko