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From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 22 May 2018 23:20:53 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] acpi: apei: Rename ghes_severity() to ghes_cper_severity()
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On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 8:20 PM, Alex G. <mr.nuke.me@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/22/2018 01:13 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> (snip)
>>
>> Of course, you are free to have a differing opinion and I don't have
>> to convince you about my point.  You need to convince me about your
>> point to get the patch in through my tree, which you haven't done so
>> far.
>
>
> My point is that crossing your arms and saying "impress me" doesn't give me
> a good idea of how you'd like to see the problem resolved.

I do not recall having said "impress me" at any time during our
conversation so far.

Also this problem space is not the one I'm focusing on and I can't
tell you how to address the problem you want to address in that space
from the top of my head.  I can only look at what you post and decide
whether or not I agree with that.  It has to be well documented and
convincing enough, however, and it hasn't been so far in my view.  As
a rule, I'd rather not apply patches that I don't feel confident of.

Tony seems to agree with you, so maybe work with him on making your
case stronger.