linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 1/3] serial: sc16is7xx: announce support of SER_RS485_RTS_ON

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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:06:58 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: "Konstantin P." <ria.freelander@...il.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, Konstantin Pugin <rilian.la.te@...ru>, krzk@...nel.org, 
	conor@...nel.org, lkp@...el.com, vz@...ia.com, robh@...nel.org, 
	jcmvbkbc@...il.com, nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com, manikanta.guntupalli@....com, 
	corbet@....net, ychuang3@...oton.com, u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de, 
	Maarten.Brock@...ls.nl, Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>, 
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, 
	Lech Perczak <lech.perczak@...lingroup.com>, 
	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/3] serial: sc16is7xx: announce support of SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND

On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 6:00 PM Konstantin P. <ria.freelander@...ilcom> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 5:36 PM Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 09:32:33PM +0300, Konstantin Pugin wrote:

..

> > Greg KH, who is maintainer of TTY/serial subsystem, usually asks to separate
> > fixes from new features. So, sending this patch separately may not only help
> > him, but let's move forward with your stuff.
>
> Do I need to increase the version number in split send?

Nope, the opposite, i.e. drop it to v1 (and mention in the comments
area, that's after the cutter '---' line, that it's a split from this
series).

>  And if I need
> to do so, then how I should do it? Only on new driver? Or only on fix?
> Should I CC linux-stable in fix patch?

Everything else is documented:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko