linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] nvmem: Let layout drivers be modules

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Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2023 14:55:44 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
Cc:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Robert Marko <robert.marko@...tura.hr>,
        Luka Perkov <luka.perkov@...tura.hr>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] nvmem: Let layout drivers be modules

On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 02:54:10PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> On 2023-03-01 16:22, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > The base series on which these changes apply is still contained in [1],
> > I would prefer to keep it as it was and apply this series on top of it.
> > 
> > (...)
> > 
> > [1] https://github.com/miquelraynal/linux/tree/nvmem-next/layouts
> 
> My experience with kernel development over all subsystems I touched is
> that patches should be improved until being clean & acceptable. I never
> sent a series with more recent patches fixing issues in earlier patches
> of the same seriee.
> 
> So my preference would be to get a new, clean & complete set of patches.

I agree, don't break something and then fix it up in a later patch, that
makes bisection impossible.

thanks,

greg k-h