On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 12:23 AM Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On 27/5/19 08:50, Andrey Smirnov wrote:
> > On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 11:29 PM Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]> 
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Andrey,
> >>
> >> On 26/5/19 23:55, Andrey Smirnov wrote:
> >>> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 8:56 AM Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]> 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>> This particular patch does break a non 6Q+ version of RDU2,  but the
> >>> follow up ones in the series fix it, so it seems that no action is
> >>> really necessary on my part.
> >>
> >> The reparenting removed in this patch isn't reinstated by the rest of the 
> >> series.
> >> They merely apply parentage expressed in the device tree in a glitch-free 
> >> manner.
> >>
> >> As both barebox and kernel imx6qdl-zii-rdu2.dtsi lack the relevant
> >> assigned-clock-parents snippet, I am not sure what it is this patch broke 
> >> that the
> >> follow-up ones fixed?
> >
> > Not sure, will investigate.
>
> Ok.
>
> >
> >>
> >> Generally, affected boards have been broken since day 1, because the LVDS 
> >> output
> >> would've locked up every blue moon or so. If this patch breaks them, 
> >> they're just
> >> more reliably broken. :-)
> >>
> >
> > There's a world of difference between not working every once in a blue
> > moon and not working from a first boot.
>
> Ye, the latter one can be dealt with on-the-spot. The other is much more 
> costly to
> fix.
>

Here's a different perspective: If you needed to make an urgent phone
call, would you rather you phone didn't work every once in a blue moon
or be broken for the get go?

Thanks,
Andrey Smirnov

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