Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751186AbWBRMUQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:20:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751184AbWBRMUP (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:20:15 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:21937 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751180AbWBRMUO (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:20:14 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:20:11 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Roland Dreier Cc: Greg KH , Roland Dreier , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc64-dev@ozlabs.org, openib-general@openib.org, SCHICKHJ@de.ibm.com, RAISCH@de.ibm.com, HNGUYEN@de.ibm.com, MEDER@de.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/22] Firmware interface code for IB device. Message-ID: <20060218122011.GE911@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Roland Dreier , Greg KH , Roland Dreier , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc64-dev@ozlabs.org, openib-general@openib.org, SCHICKHJ@de.ibm.com, RAISCH@de.ibm.com, HNGUYEN@de.ibm.com, MEDER@de.ibm.com References: <20060218005532.13620.79663.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20060218005707.13620.20538.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20060218015808.GB17653@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1241 Lines: 27 On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 06:04:56PM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote: > Greg> Roland, your comments are fine, but what about the original > Greg> author's descriptions of what each patch are? > > This is actually me breaking up a giant driver into pieces small > enough to post to lkml without hitting the 100 KB limit. > > This is just an RFC -- I assume the driver is going to get merged in > the end as one big git changeset with a changelog like "add driver for > IBM eHCA InfiniBand adapters". > > Greg> Come on, IBM allows developers to post code to lkml, just > Greg> look at the archives for proof. For them to use a proxy > Greg> like this is very strange, and also, there is no > Greg> Signed-off-by: record from the original authors, which is > Greg> not ok. > > Well, the eHCA guys tell me that they can't post patches to lkml. Then they lie. And not posting to lkml is a good reason not to merge an otherwise perfect driver. (which this one is far from) - 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/