linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2 RESEND] phy: renesas: r8a779f0-ether-serdes: driver enhancement

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Message-ID: <aF7nhuFWdp80sZTS@vaman>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:48:38 -0700
From: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To: Michael Dege <michael.dege@...esas.com>
Cc: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...nel.org>,
	Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>,
	Uwe Kleine-Koenig <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com>,
	"linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2 RESEND] phy: renesas: r8a779f0-ether-serdes:
 driver enhancement

Hi Michael,

On 27-06-25, 04:52, Michael Dege wrote:
> > > This patch set adds the following to the r8a779f0-ether-serdes driver:
> >
> > I have a v3 and v3 resend and both are not threaded properly, Please post properly as a series which
> > is threaded and not broken...
> 
> Please bear with me this is the first attempt to upstream a patch. I used b4 to produce and send this
> patch series. I did have trouble when I tried to use b4 to resend. And ended up using "git send-email"
> to resend.
> I don't quite understand what you mean by threaded and what is broken. Could you please give
> me a hint what is wrong? I am willing to learn and would like to get it right.

See Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
"In general, the second and following parts of a multi-part patch should be
sent as a reply to the first part so that they all thread together at the
receiving end.  Tools like git and quilt have commands to mail out a set of
patches with the proper threading. "

For me, patch 1,2 and cover letter appear as disjoint so hard to
review the patches when they are split in my inbox.
A patch series if threaded, would appear together so easy to look at it.

Said that, if you are using git send-email, easiest way is to supply the
whole patch series to it and not per patch basis
For example:
git send-email ....../dir_of_patches/

would ensure they are threaded and sent together

HTH
-- 
~Vinod