From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] hwrng: Add support for STMicroelectronics' RNG IP Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 22:28:13 +0800 Message-ID: <20150930142812.GA19039@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <1442497557-9271-1-git-send-email-lee.jones@linaro.org> <20150918140756.GK9249@gondor.apana.org.au> <20150918151137.GA10763@gondor.apana.org.au> <20150918155112.GE3218@x1> <20150929142932.GY27197@x1> <20150930134757.GA18408@gondor.apana.org.au> <20150930141539.GD27197@x1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, Peter Korsgaard , Fabio Estevam , Kieran Bingham , "kernel@stlinux.com" , Linus Torvalds To: Lee Jones Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150930141539.GD27197@x1> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-crypto.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 03:15:39PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > > > I prefer not to merge patches that cannot be tested. Without > > the DT bits in patch 6 the other five patches are useless. So > > I think patch 6 should be applied together with the other five > > which add the driver. > > That's crazy talk. If all subsystem maintainers abide by this rule > there would be chaos. We'd either need to send pull-requests to each > other for every set which crossed a subsystems boundary, or 1000's of > merge conflicts would ensue at merge time. > > The (sensible) rule we normally stick to is; as long as there isn't > a _build_ dependency, then the patches should filter though their > respective trees; _functional_ dependencies have nothing to do with > us as maintainers. Another chaos preventing rule we abide by is; thou > shalt not apply patches belonging to other maintainer's subsystems > without the appropriate Ack-by and a subsequent "you may take this > though your tree" and/or "please send me an immutable pull-request". So you want the series to be merged in two parts via two different trees where neither can be tested? That sounds crazy to me. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt