linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] gpu: nova-core: process and prepare more firmwares to boot GSP

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Message-Id: <DCD2P4ORDLYV.2NSHXI305AF2E@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:39:02 +0900
From: "Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@...dia.com>
To: "John Hubbard" <jhubbard@...dia.com>, "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@...nel.org>,
 "Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, "Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
 "Gary Guo" <gary@...yguo.net>, Björn Roy Baron
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 Hindborg" <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
 "Trevor Gross" <tmgross@...ch.edu>, "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@...nel.org>,
 "David Airlie" <airlied@...il.com>, "Simona Vetter" <simona@...ll.ch>,
 "Maarten Lankhorst" <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>, "Maxime Ripard"
 <mripard@...nel.org>, "Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Cc: "Alistair Popple" <apopple@...dia.com>, "Joel Fernandes"
 <joelagnelf@...dia.com>, "Timur Tabi" <ttabi@...dia.com>,
 <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] gpu: nova-core: process and prepare more
 firmwares to boot GSP

On Wed Aug 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM JST, John Hubbard wrote:
> On 8/25/25 9:07 PM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> ...
>> The base of this series is today's nova-next, but there a few more
>> unmerged dependencies required:
>> 
>> - BorrowedPage, AsPageIter and VmallocPageIter [2]
>> - Rust infrastructure for sg_table and scatterlist [3]
>> - FromBytes [4]
>> - The Alignment series [5]
>
> Hi Alex!
>
> For future patchsets that have complex and/or lengthy prerequisite
> patchsets, let's please please make it easier for people to
> locally apply the series. Very important. 
>
> The very nicest experience is by simply providing a link to your git
> branch that exactly matches the patchset you just posted.
>
> In this particular case, it would also have worked to just say, "this 
> series can be applied by first applying FromBytes [4], to the base commit."
>
> Because that works, and is simpler than hunting down the other three
> items, which are not actually necessary for git am (although they
> might be for actual testing).
>
> But the point is that the admin can be made simpler for the reviewers--even
> those of us who know exactly what you're up to. And we should keep
> that in mind, especially because there are many more of these situations
> coming soon.

Right, b4 is supposed to be able to help with this as well, but indeed a
link to a git tree should be the standard with patchsets requiring such
dependencies. :) Will try to keep this in mind.