[$] The intersection of modules, GKI, and rocket science

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One does not normally expect a lot of controversy around a patch series
that makes changes to platform-specific configurations and drivers.
The furor over some work on the Samsung Exynos platform may thus be
surprising. When one looks into the discussion, things become more clear;
it mostly has to do with disagreements over the best ways to get hardware
vendors to cooperate with the kernel development community.