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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 22:28:13 +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>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] hwrng: Add support for STMicroelectronics' RNG IP 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 <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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