linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] CMDLINE: x86: convert to generic builtin command line

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Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 14:10:13 -0700
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To: "Daniel Walker (danielwa)" <danielwa@...co.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] CMDLINE: x86: convert to generic builtin command line

On 10/2/25 14:00, Daniel Walker (danielwa) wrote:
>> The way I'd suggest going about getting this merged is to solicit
>> reviews and testing from folks and then get those annotations into the
>> patches. As it stands, this series has zero tags in addition to the SoB
>> tags which I assume were its authors.
> How does one go about soliciting reviews from your perspective ? Typically I
> just submit it in this fashion and whoever is interested reviews it.

First, figure out who should ideally review it. Find the maintainers,
find who's been sending patches and reviewing in the area lately. Use
get_maintainer.pl.

Then, ask nicely. :)

	"Hey x86 maintainers, I've got this series with a pretty nice 	
	diffstat in arch/x86. Any chance you could take a look and give
	an ack if you like what you see?"

You can do that in private mails, or in a separate thread, or in a reply
to the original series. Or, go hunt folks down on IRC.

Just tossing the series over the wall and giving it thoughts and prayers
usually isn't the most effective route.

BTW, your series looks like a *really* good idea. Please don't let it
die. But you might want to trim it down a bit. I'd probably remove the
tests and the 'insert-sys-cert' changes to make it more approachable to
folks.