RE: [PATCHv4 0/4] OMAP: Serial: remove magic and diplicates
From: G, Manjunath Kondaiah
Date: Fri Nov 12 2010 - 08:27:22 EST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrei Emeltchenko [mailto:andrei.emeltchenko.news@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 6:50 PM
> To: G, Manjunath Kondaiah
> Cc: linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-serial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 0/4] OMAP: Serial: remove magic and diplicates
>
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:17 PM, G, Manjunath Kondaiah
> <manjugk@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: linux-omap-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:linux-omap-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> >> Emeltchenko Andrei
> >> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 6:34 PM
> >> To: linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> >> linux-arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-serial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [PATCHv4 0/4] OMAP: Serial: remove magic and diplicates
> >
> > s/diplicates/duplicates
> >
> >>
> >> From: Andrei Emeltchenko <andrei.emeltchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Add MDR1 Serial register definition to serial_reg and remove
> >> duplicated
> >> code, remove magic MDR1 register numbers from serial drivers.
> >>
> >> *v2 add OMAP keyword to MDR1 definition
> >> *v3 remove magic from serial drivers
> >> *v4 taking comments from Manjunath and Govindraj: typos, CC
> >>
> >> Andrei Emeltchenko (4):
> >> OMAP: Serial: Define OMAP uart MDR1 register definitions
> >> OMAP1: Serial: remove magic numbers for MDR1 reg
> >> OMAP2: Serial: remove magic numbers for MDR1 reg
> >> OMAP: Serial: remove redefined MDR1 register definitions
> >>
> >> arch/arm/mach-omap1/serial.c | 6 ++++--
> >> arch/arm/mach-omap2/serial.c | 15
> +++++++++------
> >> arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap-serial.h | 3 ---
> >> drivers/serial/omap-serial.c | 6 +++---
> >> include/linux/serial_reg.h | 12 ++++++++++++
> >> 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> >
> > Do you think patch series is required for these changes? How about
> > merging with single patch?
>
> I can merge, sometimes somebody need patches to be split,
why? can you give example?
Please read: http://lwn.net/Articles/139918/
"if you make a single change to numerous files, group those changes into
a single patch. Thus a single logical change is contained within a
single patch."
-Manjunath--
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