Re: [PATCH] ASoC: atmel: ATMEL drivers depend on HAS_DMA

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Mon Jun 28 2021 - 12:03:41 EST


On 6/28/21 6:02 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 03:28:59PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> [adding LKML]
>>
>> ping?
>
> Please don't send content free pings and please allow a reasonable time
> for review. People get busy, go on holiday, attend conferences and so
> on so unless there is some reason for urgency (like critical bug fixes)
> please allow at least a couple of weeks for review. If there have been
> review comments then people may be waiting for those to be addressed.

a. The entire email/patch was there. Should I put the ping _after_ the patch?
Would that help?

b. What do you consider a reasonable time? The patch was sent 28 days
prior to this gentle ping.

> Sending content free pings adds to the mail volume (if they are seen at
> all) which is often the problem and since they can't be reviewed
> directly if something has gone wrong you'll have to resend the patches
> anyway, so sending again is generally a better approach though there are
> some other maintainers who like them - if in doubt look at how patches
> for the subsystem are normally handled.
>

Yes, I shall resend the patch. Thanks.

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~Randy