linux-kernel - Re: ALSA: nm256: Fine-tuning for three function implementations

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Message-ID: <fda75395-50ac-cd81-b483-6f03833472fb@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:40:18 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org
Cc:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@...amocchi.jp>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ALSA: nm256: Fine-tuning for three function implementations

> No-testing is the worst case.

Free software development can occasionally mean that system tests
can also be performed by a person who is different from the
initial programmer.


>> I am unsure if acceptable test results will ever be published for this
>> software module.
> 
> Then forget about your patches.

I published some change possibilities. Now the chances are varying
to receive constructive review comments for them as usual.


>> * How do you think about to sort the remaining update candidates
>>   by their change size (or software age)?
> 
> Irrelevant.

Do you want that I point any other patch out which you could find
easier to handle again?

Regards,
Markus