[i2c] [PATCH] Is review of AT91 patch pending?

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 04:04:05PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> On 08 Nov 2007 09:20:29 +0200, Andrew Victor wrote:
> > hi David,
> > 
> > > > I'd personally prefer if we don't override the existing CONFIG_I2C_AT91
> > > > support in the _devices.c file with the GPIO-I2C support, but rather add
> > > > a new GPIO-I2C platform device and allow the boards / user to select
> > > > which they'd like to use.
> > > 
> > > Well, I've sent you such a patch ... until you sign off and
> > > merge it to the 2.6.24-rc series, the kernel.org tree won't
> > > be including I2C support on AT91 chips.  ;)
> > 
> > As you said when you submitted the patch:
> >   Here's an updated patch.  Evidently one of the AT91 patches you
> >   sent to Russell (but which hasn't yet merged to kernel.org) has
> >   changed I2C init, so this needs some tweaking that I can't sort
> >   yet ... Russell suggested you handle the next steps here.
> > 
> > I was waiting for the AT91 patches to be merged to mainline first.
> > 
> > Unfortunately there seems to be a new rule (or enforcement of an old
> > rule) where patches need to be merged into the subsystem maintainers
> > tree before the mainline merge window opens.
> 
> Unless these patches fix actual bugs, in which case they can be merged
> at any time. The merge window rule applies to patches adding new
> features or new drivers, not bug fixes.
> 
> As the i2c-at91 driver in its current state is essentially broken, I'd
> say that David's patch qualifies as a "bug fix" and thus can be merged
> immediately.

So which patch needs to move into the "fixes" queue?  4608/1 ?