Re: [PATCH 13/33 replaces 14/35 and 15/35] W1: w1_slave_read_id multiple short read bug

From: David Fries
Date: Mon Apr 14 2008 - 18:34:01 EST


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 03:40:55PM +0400, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> Hi David.
>
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 06:15:37PM -0500, David Fries (david@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > This is more to point out the bug in w1_slave_read_id, the next patch
> > rewrites the routine.
> >
> > w1.c 1.15
> ...
> > w1.c 1.16
>
>
> That is what I talked about. I agree with your analysis of the problem
> and I agree with fixes. But I do not agree with how you created them:
> why do we ever neen 1.15 version, since immediately after that we have
> 1.16 which completely rewrite what was done in previous one?
> This applies to the whole patchset: there are essentially several bug
> fixes and several features, so separate them into several patches, which
> do not collide with each other in the above way.

The old patch 14/35 and 15/35 was the only place I know of where I
fixed the bug, then replaced it wholesale with something better.
Several bugs, a few features, lots of patches, go figure.

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