linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: pi433: fix problem with division in rf69_set

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Date:   Sat, 29 Jul 2017 15:21:27 -0700
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Marcus Wolf <marcus.wolf@...f-entwicklungen.de>
Cc:     driverdevel <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        "kbuild-all@...org" <kbuild-all@...org>,
        Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: pi433: fix problem with division in
 rf69_set_deviation

On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 10:51:15AM +0200, Marcus Wolf wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>  
> already had a discussion concerning that patch with Dan yesterday.
> I really don't know what's going on there. I detached the patch once more from
> my outbox and had a very close look in an editor and looked at it with a
> difftool. In my outbox the patch is fine. I really don't knwo why it reaches you
> crapped.
>  
> Since there are contsant problems with my patches, I will stop sending patches
> for a while. As soon as I can find time to deeply confess with the tooling, I
> will start over with trying.

Just use 'git send-email' for patches if you are having problems with
your email client.  And get a better email client the kernel
Documentation has a whole file just about that topic and how to do it
correctly.

> Concerning this patch: You can use Arnds Patch from yesterday instead:
> [PATCH] staging: pi433: use div_u64 for 64-bit division
> It's a bit different to my patch, but according to yesterdays discussion, it
> should also fix the problem.

I already took it into my tree.

thanks,

greg k-h