netdev - Re: [PATCH next-next 0/2] can: cc770: add support for the Bosch CC770 and Intel AN82527

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Date:	Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:26:42 +0100
From:	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	socketcan@...tkopp.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-can@...r.kernel.org, socketcan-users@...ts.berlios.de,
	boir1@...dex.ru, stanislavelensky@...oo.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH next-next 0/2] can: cc770: add support for the Bosch CC770
 and Intel AN82527

On 11/30/2011 10:07 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>
> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:37:08 +0100
> 
>> On 30.11.2011 00:39, David Miller wrote:
>>
>>> From: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>
>>> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:07:26 +0100
>>>
>>>> Already since a while we have support for the Bosch CC770 and Intel
>>>> AN82527 CAN controllers in our out-of-tree Socket-CAN repository.
>>>> It would be nice if somebody could test the driver. Unfortunately,
>>>> I currently do not have hardware at hand. I have not yet ported the
>>>> OF platform driver as it needs further attaention due to the merge
>>>> of the platform and OF platform interface.
>>>>
>>>> Wolfgang Grandegger (2):
>>>>   can: cc770: add driver core for the Bosch CC770 and Intel AN82527
>>>>   can: cc770: legacy CC770 ISA bus driver
>>>
>>> All applied, thank you.
>>
>>
>> Hello Dave,
>>
>> this patchset was superseded for some time.
>>
>> We're currently in the v4 patchset (dated 2011-11-29).
>>
>> See http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/128244/
>>
>> Do you want to revert the commit or should Wolfgang post a diff patch to get
>> to v4 ??
> 
> A not very good job was done here communicating to me what is happening.
> Endless revisions, and not clear indication to me what should or should
> not be applied as a result.

Well, not sure what I should have communicated to you, but ...

> I want you guys to appoint someone to be the defacto CAN driver and
> subsystem maintainer who collects and merges all the driver and
> protocol patches into his tree, and acts as the one and only interface
> for me when changes are ready to be included.

... I agree that this will work better and it hopefully will then also
save your valuable time. We will discuss in the Socket-CAN community who
will/can act as the one and only interface to you.

> I sorted this out by reverting the older changes and applying V5.
> 
> But I had to fix things up, when applying patch #3 there are empty
> trailing lines in some of the new files generated, and that causes
> git to complain.

Sorry for the bad quality of my patch series. I will try to do a better
job next time.

Thanks,

Wolfgang.
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