Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752009AbaBKPPE (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:15:04 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-f48.google.com ([209.85.220.48]:49574 "EHLO mail-pa0-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750787AbaBKPPC (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:15:02 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20140211095717.GI32042@lee--X1> References: <1392045953-26596-1-git-send-email-lpapp@kde.org> <20140210160842.GB26997@lee--X1> <20140210173811.04ba5964@endymion.delvare> <20140211085014.4ef32b56@endymion.delvare> <1392108545.4700.4.camel@chaos.site> <20140211095717.GI32042@lee--X1> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:15:00 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Sw7no_-FeKq4qLgQjb7dORh1vXg Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: (max6650) Rename the device ids to contain the hwmon suffix From: Laszlo Papp To: Lee Jones Cc: Jean Delvare , LKML , lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Lee Jones wrote: >> >> Time to revisit this decision.... >> >> >> >> So, based on the fact that children device names usually contain >> >> dashes, I do not understand why hwmon would be any special in this >> >> regard. It is possible that the hwmon developers have not faced much >> >> MFD situation before, and so, this was not considered to be handled >> >> like in other subsystems. >> >> >> >> I am proposing to change this "rule"... Any objection? >> > >> > I'm giving up here, sorry. There's no point in me writing any more on >> > the topic as you are not listening to me. I do not have the impression >> > you are doing any effort to understand what I'm saying. Plus you keep >> > focusing on things that do not matter and problems for which a solution >> > has already been provided. >> >> Does it mean the people cannot come up with ideas if they think >> something may be better than some provided way? Surely, software >> evolves over time and people are sometimes right, and sometimes wrong >> right? >> >> I can assure you that I do listen, please assume good faith with ideas >> thrown in. If you think it is that bad an idea, you could have >> explained why so, so that I and others can also understand it who do >> not yet, right? > > In the small amount of time you've been working in the kernel I've > seen 3-4 Maintainers completely give up on you and 2-3 driven close to > the end of their tether (myself included). > > Ranting and demanding will not work well for you here. Please, for > your own sake, learn some diplomacy and be courteous to others on the > list. If people are replying it means they're trying to help. Jumping > down their throats is not conducive to your success and will not > result in a win. I have not intended to demand anything, but I must confess that I was frustrated about my long work being wasted, and I could probably have spent my time with sipping some tea instead of replying. :-) Apologies if I had hurt anyone involved. It is far from my intention. I just really wished to proceed with this feature. Will try to grab my cup next time earlier. Cheers. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/