Re: [PATCH 0/5 v3] Fix NVMe driver support on Power with 32-bit DMA

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Oct 27 2015 - 20:43:37 EST


From: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:43:35 +1100

> You'll be CCing the maintainers of each architecture on the patches to
> add the functions, so if they do have specific requirements, I'm sure
> they'll let you know or provide patches.

People miss things, maintainers get busy, so while a CC: is important
and appreciated, it doesn't ensure a correct implementation is likely
to result.

Personally, I'd much rather my arch stop building so I have to go in
there to explicitly look at the reason why and make sure I fill in the
missing pieces properly and accurately.
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