Re: mfd: Patch management?

[Lee Jones]

On Fri, 26 Jan 2018, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> >> I am curious if more positive feedback could evolve till then.
> >> I would appreciate if a potentially needed resend for my selection
> >> of update suggestions could become smaller (when reviewed steps
> >> could be already integrated for example).
> > 
> > I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say,
> > in any of your responses.
> 
> I imagine that acceptance for these changes could be influenced
> also by review comments from other contributors.

Influenced yes, but I will also need to review them.

You can't 'go around' me, if that's what you're thinking.

> > If you want to rebase your patches, to see what has been applied and
> > what hasn't, you can use the MFD repo and its next-next branch.
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/mfd.git/log/?h=for-mfd-next-next
> 
> How are the chances that further update suggestions will be integrated
> just because I sent them as small patch series in the threaded way?
> 
> Examples:
> * tps65910: Adjustments for four function implementations
>   https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/16/313
> 
> * abx500-core: Adjustments for eight function implementations
>   https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/16/186

In order to not make my life difficult, I've kindly requested that you
gather all of your MFD patches and send them as one single set.

Is there a good reason why you're not willing to do so?

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Lee Jones
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