Re: [PATCH v8 0/2] Add support for the TI BQ25792 battery charger (regulator part)

From: Mark Brown

Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 12:30:00 EST


On Mon, Sep 07, 2026 at 07:16:58PM +0400, Alexey Charkov wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > 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.

> Sure, but it has been over a month since the last ping, and several
> months since the patches in question were last changed and reviewed.
> At least two merge windows have passed since they received your
> Reviewed-by, and no additional feedback has surfaced. If it got lost
> (as it appeared in this case), I'd rather ping than live with it
> falling between the cracks. I didn't mean to get on your nerves.

Please note the bit above about how content free pings are not directly
actionable and if things have been lost you will need to send them again
anyway so spamming out the ping is just noise.

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