On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 09:22:01AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > On Thu, 17 Oct 2019, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 08:31:16AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > > > On Thu, 17 Oct 2019, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 03:06:25PM -0600, Tuowen Zhao wrote: > > > > > Some BIOS erroneously specifies write-combining BAR for intel-lpss-pci > > > > > in MTRR. This will cause the system to hang during boot. If possible, > > > > > this bug could be corrected with a firmware update. > > > > > > > > > > Previous version: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/10/14/575 > > > > > > > > > > Changes from previous version: > > > > > > > > > > * implement ioremap_uc for sparc64 > > > > > * split docs changes to not CC stable (doc location moved since 5.3) > > > > > > > > > > > > > It forgot to explicitly mention through which tree is supposed to go. > > > > I think it's MFD one, correct? > > > > > > To be fair, that's not really up to the submitter to decide. > > > > Submitter still can share their view, no? > > Preferences can be voiced, if held, and will always be taken into > consideration. The final decision will always be made by the people > managing the trees. > > The comment above implies a requirement to specify which tree is > preferred, which is not the case. In almost all cases, it's best not > to specify.
In my practice I had been asked several times to specify and express my understanding which subsystem should take series. It's not so unequivocally. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
