Discussion: Moving away from Patchwork for Intel i915/Xe CI

[Konstantin Ryabitsev]

On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 07:52:31PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> > - For each new series on lore.kernel.org a bridge would create a PR by
> > taking the latest mirrored drm-tip source, then applying a new series
> > with `b4 shazam`.
> 
> There's a small catch here. Patchwork is currently more clever about
> handling series revisions when only some of the patches in a series are
> updated by way of replying to the individual patch. For example [1][2].

FWIW, b4 does partial rerolls already. E.g., using your own example:

	$ b4 am -o/tmp 20250305114820.3523077-2-imre.deak at intel.com
	[...]
	---
	  ✓ [PATCH v5->v6 1/6] drm/i915/hpd: Track HPD pins instead of ports for HPD pulse events
		+ Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com> (✓ DKIM/intel.com)
	  ✓ [PATCH v5->v6 2/6] drm/i915/hpd: Let an HPD pin be in the disabled state when handling missed IRQs
		+ Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com> (✓ DKIM/intel.com)
	  ✓ [PATCH     v6 3/6] drm/i915/hpd: Add support for blocking the IRQ handling on an HPD pin
	  ✓ [PATCH v5->v6 4/6] drm/i915/dp: Fix link training interrupted by a short HPD pulse
		+ Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com> (✓ DKIM/intel.com)
	  ✓ [PATCH     v6 5/6] drm/i915/dp: Queue a link check after link training is complete
	  ✓ [PATCH v5->v6 6/6] drm/i915/crt: Use intel_hpd_block/unblock() instead of intel_hpd_disable/enable()
	  ---
	  ✓ Signed: DKIM/intel.com
	---
	[...]
	WARNING: v6 is a partial reroll from previous revisions
			 Please carefully review the resulting series to ensure correctness
			 Pass --no-partial-reroll to disable

-K