Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Oct 2018 10:11:20 +0200 | From | Lukasz Majewski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] spidev: Enable the Liebherr's BK4 board to work with spidev driver |
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Hi Jan,
> On Mon, Oct 01, 2018 at 04:20:32PM +0200, Jan Kundrát wrote: > > > Hi Lukasz, > > I tried submitting a similar patch for another devicem but got no > > reaction [1]. In the meanwhile, there has been another proposal [2] > > which moves > > As documented in SubmittingPatches please send patches to the > maintainers for the code you would like to change.
I'm using the ./scripts/get_maintainer.py script to obtain list of relevant people.
Moreover, you may want to look for gitk -- <patch to your modified file> and add developers, who did some remarkable work in that file.
Also git-blame helps.
And another issue - maitainers are very often very busy (as maintaining/reviewing is not their main occupation). We would like to have a prompt response/review, but it is acceptable to wait week or two for reply....
Please also document in the ./Documentation/devicetree the introduced compatible -> there are some examples (ge,ahca) in the misc directory.
> The normal kernel > workflow is that people apply patches from their inboxes, if they > aren't copied they are likely to not see the patch at all and it is > much more difficult to apply patches.
Best regards,
Lukasz Majewski
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