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Message-ID: <87v802xb5y.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:44:57 +0300
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@....com>, "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org"
<linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "johannes@...solutions.net"
<johannes@...solutions.net>, "briannorris@...omium.org"
<briannorris@...omium.org>, "francesco@...cini.it"
<francesco@...cini.it>, Pete Hsieh <tsung-hsien.hsieh@....com>
Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 40/43] wifi: nxpwifi: add wmm.h
Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> writes:
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 12:43:07PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>
>> Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> writes:
>>
>> > On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 01:52:18AM +0000, David Lin wrote:
>> >> Hi Greg,
>> >>
>> >> Following the guideline for new driver, it should let every
>> >> file as a single patch for review and generate a final
>> >> single patch after reviewing. I think stuffs mentioned by you can be got from cover letter.
>> >>
>> >> If I misunderstood anything, please let me know.
>> >
>> > Please read the kernel documentation for how to submit kernel changes in
>> > a way that we can properly review, and accept them. As-is, there is
>> > nothing we can do with this series at all, sorry.
>>
>> Greg, just a bit background for this:
>>
>> Because wireless drivers can be huge in our documentation we have
>> actually requested to split the driver one patch per file for easier
>> review and avoid mailing list limits:
>>
>> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#new_driver
>>
>> The final patch to be commited will be just one big patch with a proper
>> commit message.
>
> Ick, wow, good luck!
Wireless drivers can be 40 kLOC and even if you can review a monster
patch like that, us mere mortals cannot :)
> That being said, you still can't take patches without any changelog text
> and most importantly, no signed-off-by lines, right?
I will not accept empty commit messages. I think you misunderstood what
we do so I'll give a concrete example with rtw89 driver. Here's how the
driver was split for review one file per patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20201230044223.14085-1-pkshih@realtek.com/
And here's the one big commit the driver was applied to the tree:
https://git.kernel.org/linus/e3ec7017f6a2
Actually initial rtw89 version was a whopping 92 kLOC.
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