linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] change PCI nomenclature according to PCI-SIG

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:11:47 -0800
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...hat.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>,
	Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>, kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] change PCI nomenclature according to PCI-SIG

On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:54:03 -0500
Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:

> Next, IMO, you don't have any idea how maintainers will react to this 
> patch, because you CC'd so few of them.  People who perform tree-wide 
> changes should take the time to CC __every__ relevant maintainer.  If 
> you are changing somebody's code, you should always let them know
> about it, and give them an opportunity to review the change. 
> scripts/get_maintainer.pl can help with this.
> 
> So, while the PCI maintainer might agree with the nomenclature
> change, he is not the most qualified person to state that your
> changes have no effect on drivers/edac/ppc4xx_edac.c, for example.

Honestly I'm not thrilled about it either.  Given the large
downside of making many oustanding diffs conflict, I'm wary of these
sorts of changes in general.  I suggested to Stefan that he just put
together one big patch to minimize that pain, but I didn't expect
something so huge (I was thinking it would be mainly limited to PCI
related files).

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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