linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Generic WorkQueue Engine (GenWQE) device driver v2

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Date:	Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:05:14 +0200
From:	Frank Haverkamp <haver@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
	cody@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
	utz.bacher@...ibm.com, jsvogt@...ibm.com, MIJUNG@...ibm.com,
	cascardo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, michael@...ra.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Generic WorkQueue Engine (GenWQE) device driver v2

Hi Greg,

Am Donnerstag, den 24.10.2013, 11:09 +0100 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 06:15:21PM +0200, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> > Rework comments:
> >  o Removed __DATE__ macros as suggested by Michal Marek
> >  o Removed startup pr_info() as suggested by Greg KH
> > 
> > Plus some little things we found during test and review:
> >  o Removed some obsolete comments
> >  o Fixed a bug in the initialization path when
> >    genwqe_set_interrupt_capability() fails
> > 
> > Greg, I tried my luck now with git send-email. Please let
> > me know if that works better.
> 
> That's one of the the worst commit message that I've ever seen, you
> really want this as the thing that shows up in the git commit log?
> 

Of course not. Let me fix that. The first posting I did had basically
what I thought should be in the commit log for the 1st inclusion of this
driver.

> I have no idea what this code is, what it does, nor what it should do.


> Also, you are using sysfs, but have no Documetation/ABI/ modifications,
> which isn't allowed.

I will add some information there.

> I need a whole more information before I can even start to review the
> code to try to determine if it's ok or not.
> 
> greg k-h

Ok.

Regards

Frank


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