Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] armv8: gpio: add gpio feature

[Russell King - ARM Linux admin]

On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 07:18:45PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 11:34:59PM +0530, Amit Tomer wrote:
> > > From what I can tell, these patches are not for the kernel.  The
> > > filenames don't match th kernel layout.
> > 
> > These files looks to be from U-boot, and must be intended for U-boot
> > as I see U-boot mailing address in recipient's address?
> 
> So why is it copied to:
> 
> devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - a kernel mailing list
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - the main kernel mailing list
> linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - the gpio driver kernel mailing list
> linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - the ARM kernel mailing list
> 
> Given that it includes four kernel mailing lists (ok, devicetree
> may be argued to have a wider application), then I don't think the
> conclusion that "it's for u-boot, because there's _one_ u-boot
> mailing list in the recipients" is particularly obvious.
> 
> The author really needs to state that up front if they're sending
> it to a wide audeience, rather than leaving people to guess, thereby
> potentially wasting their time.
> 
> Not only did Andrew review the patch as if it were for the kernel,
> but I also wasted time on this as well when I double-took the
> ifdefs, and wanted to check the current driver in the kernel.

Oh, and... u-boot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx bounces because that domain is
not resolvable - I guess that is internal to NXP, and this patch
should have remained within NXP and not been posted publically.

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