Re: [PATCH v7 1/8] ARM: hpe: Introduce the HPE GXP architecture

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Thu Jun 02 2022 - 02:52:19 EST


On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 10:57 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed 2022-06-01 14:14:33, Hawkins, Nick wrote:
> > > > From: Nick Hawkins <nick.hawkins@xxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > The GXP is the HPE BMC SoC that is used in the majority of current
> > > > generation HPE servers. Traditionally the asic will last multiple
> > > > generations of server before being replaced.
> > > >
> > > > Info about SoC:
> >
> > > Normally, 1/7 goes into the same thread as 0/7 mail.
> >
> > Hello Pavel,
> >
> > Thank you for the feedback. I believe the code is already in the process of being merged upstream in version v8. For future reference can you elaborate on what you mean?
> >
>
> You used separate email threads for 0/7 and the rest of the
> patches. Normally, they should go to single email thread.
>

To clarify: the way this is normally done is to prepare the series using
'git format-patch --cover-letter ...' and then send it using 'git send-email
--thread --no-chain-reply', which makes all patches a reply to the
cover letter.

Arnd