linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] hwrng: Add support for STMicroelectronics' RNG IP

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Date:	Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:23:48 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Korsgaard <peter@...sgaard.com>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
	Kieran Bingham <kieranbingham@...il.com>,
	"kernel@...inux.com" <kernel@...inux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] hwrng: Add support for STMicroelectronics' RNG IP

On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 10:21:45AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
>
> That's not how it works.  It's helpful, more often than not, to submit
> the entire set to each maintainer concerned so they can keep up with
> the general conversation.  By only sending specific patches to
> maintainers you essentially blinker them to the bigger picture.
> 
> As a maintainer you should _know_ that you can't apply patches from
> other subsystems without appropriate Acks.  I'm sure you'd take
> exception to another maintainer who started accepting patches for
> subsystems you are responsible for.  This works both ways.

No you are mistaken.  You should only put patches which have
dependencies on each other in a series.  If the patches can be
applied independently of each other there is no need to have
them in a single series.

Obviously if they can go into different trees then they cannot
have dependencies.

Cheers,
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