linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/16] net: stmmac: Add DW MAC GPIOs and Baikal-T1 GMAC support

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Date:   Tue, 9 Feb 2021 15:11:41 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru>
Cc:     Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Pavel Parkhomenko <Pavel.Parkhomenko@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Vyacheslav Mitrofanov 
        <Vyacheslav.Mitrofanov@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] net: stmmac: Add DW MAC GPIOs and Baikal-T1 GMAC
 support

> Regarding splitting the series up. I don't see a problem in just
> sending the cover-letter patch and actual GPIO-related patches to
> the GPIO-maintainers with no need to have them added to Cc in the rest
> of the series.

The Linux community has to handle a large number of patches. I don't
particularly want patches which are of no relevance to me landing in
my mailbox. It might take 4 or 5 rounds for the preparation patches to
be accepted. That is 4 or 5 times you are spamming the GPIO
maintainers with stuff which is not relevant to them.

One of the unfortunately things about the kernel process is, there are
a lot of developers, and not many maintainers. So the processes need
to make the life of maintainers easier, and not spamming them helps.

   Andrew