Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20;
Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2023 23:11:31 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
Cc:     Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=2E_Berrang=E9?= <berrange@redhat.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
        Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, x86@kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, lennart@poettering.net,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2] x86/boot: add .sbat section to the bzImage
Message-ID: <2023071212-eaten-doodle-6132@gregkh>
References: <20230712132840.GKZK6qiK70m1O90jFL@fat_crate.local>
 <ZK6zdsIbnQFUmK69@redhat.com>
 <2023071200-unopposed-unbuckled-cde8@gregkh>
 <CAMw=ZnTVRaqRmtz+sDj7AeAS7xivSu+56UgKbzmuW9+K6TTx1A@mail.gmail.com>
 <2023071239-progress-molasses-3b3d@gregkh>
 <CAMw=ZnRheXk7W_r-32bGymbHKdXc7aKUpwGAOX+k7DJkN+DiCQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <2023071229-dusk-repacking-da3a@gregkh>
 <CAMw=ZnSmZTBs+bJsQ_Y2CVO8K3OTuHOZDKW4cbxKpGbo4Vgs7Q@mail.gmail.com>
 <2023071226-crafty-deviator-12e2@gregkh>
 <CAMw=ZnRjnxWnmoFuw2prxFS55vAGQ1hpfKeHYFfG5Oa0LB_jYA@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <CAMw=ZnRjnxWnmoFuw2prxFS55vAGQ1hpfKeHYFfG5Oa0LB_jYA@mail.gmail.com>
Precedence: bulk

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 09:41:23PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > Pointing to an external document that is thousands of lines long,
> > talking about bootloaders, is NOT a good way to get people to want to
> > accept a kernel patch :)
> 
> Then how about just asking for that? "Hello submitter, please send a
> v2 with a detailed summary of the problem being solved for those of us
> who are not familiar with it, thank you"

That is what our documentation states that the submitter should have
already done:
	https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes