Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759310AbYHDXRR (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2008 19:17:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752842AbYHDXRG (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2008 19:17:06 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:54397 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754601AbYHDXRF (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2008 19:17:05 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:16:53 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Yoshinori Sato Cc: lkml Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] h8300 update timer handler Message-Id: <20080804161653.0ee4a3a7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <87abfu7m4h.wl%ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> References: <87abfu7m4h.wl%ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 798 Lines: 23 On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:34:06 -0400 Yoshinori Sato wrote: > h8300 new timer handlers. > > 1/3 - new timer handler > 2/3 - delete obsolute files > 3/3 - misc update Could you please always describe your changes more completely? We are provided no explanation of why the old code was removed, why the new code is added, what problems were fixed, etc. The way these patches have been documented, I have no way of knowing whether or not they should be merged into 2.6.27. Do you think they should be? If so, why? Thanks. -- 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/