ACK: [SRU][F:linux-bluefield][PATCH v1 0/1] UBUNTU: SAUCE: pwr-mlxbf.c: Improve driver dependencies

[Asmaa Mnebhi]

Another Pwr-mlxbf.c patch to sync up with 3.9 acked below

-----Original Message-----
From: Zachary Tahenakos <zachary.tahenakos at canonical.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 3:09 PM
To: Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa at nvidia.com>; kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: ACK: [SRU][F:linux-bluefield][PATCH v1 0/1] UBUNTU: SAUCE: pwr-mlxbf.c: Improve driver dependencies

Acked-by: Zachary Tahenakos <zachary.tahenakos at canonical.com>

On 7/5/22 11:04 AM, Asmaa Mnebhi wrote:
> Buglink: 
> https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbugs
> .launchpad.net%2Fbugs%2F1980750&data=05%7C01%7Casmaa%40nvidia.com%
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> SRU Justification:
>
> [Impact]
>
> Improve the driver dependency on the gpio driver. Move that dependency 
> to the probe as instructed by maintainers.
> Flush if there is remaining work while the driver is removed.
>
> [Fix]
>
> * Instead of using SOFTDEP, return -EPROBE_DEFER if the gpio-mlxbf2.c driver is not loaded yet.
> * Flush work when driver is removed.
>
> [Test Case]
>
> * Test case only valid on Board with BMC on it:
> * Make sure driver is loaded and no errors in dmesg.
> * issue a power reset from the BMC via IPMI.
>
> [Regression Potential]
>
> Any of the test cases above could be impacted due to these changes.
>
>