linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] staging: vt6656: Refactor the assignment of the phy->signal variable

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Message-ID: <20200413144327.GD3101@ubuntu>
Date:   Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:43:28 +0200
From:   Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>,
        Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] staging: vt6656: Refactor the assignment of the
 phy->signal variable

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 04:32:58PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 04:25:17PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 02:56:16PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 02:26:09PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote:
> > > > Create a constant array with the values of the "phy->signal" for every
> > > > rate. Remove all "phy->signal" assignments inside the switch statement
> > > > and replace these with a single reading from the new vnt_phy_signal
> > > > array.
> > > >
> > > > The constant array can be of one dimension because the OR mask with
> > > > BIT(3) or BIT(4) allow obtain a second value according to the rate,
> > > > the preamble_type and the pkt_type.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/staging/vt6656/baseband.c | 105 ++++++++----------------------
> > > >  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > This series did not apply to my tree, please rebase and resend.
> >
> > Rebase the patchs is a normal process in the development or am I doing something
> > wrong ?
>
> It's normal when multiple people are working on the same area with lots
> of patches flying around.  Not a problem, it doesn't bother me at all :)

Thanks for the clarification about this theme.

>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

thanks,

oscar carter