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SubjectRe: [PATCH V3 1/6] tty: serial: meson: Drop the legacy compatible strings and clock code
On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 04:29:56PM +0100, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> On 03/01/2022 16:19, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
> > Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
> > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> > A: Top-posting.
> > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> >
> > A: No.
> > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
> >
> > http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_to>
> > On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 03:59:33PM +0100, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> >> Hi Greg,
> >>
> >> Martin just saw this patch was applied, but the serie wasn't reviewed enough and it will break
> >> earlycon support on the ARMv7 Amlogic SoCs fore 5.17.
> >
> > Ok, what should I revert?
>
> None, we have a fix in the pipe
>
> >
> >> Anyway, I'll push the corresponding DT fixes for 5.17-rc1.
> >
> > How did we get out of sync here?
>
> The serie wasn't fully reviewed, and I was out of office when it was applied.
>
> >
> >> Would it be possible we also receive the notification when those patches are applied ?
> >> Maybe a MAINTAINERS entry is missing so we can receive them ?
> >
> > That would be good, so that people can review the patches. Otherwise I
> > have to just guess :)
>
> exact, I naively thought it would be matched in the:
> N: meson
> entry but it seems an proper entry for drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c is needed.

Try it, does that work when running get_maintainer.pl on this patch?

> >> It would help me track those TTY and USB patches more easily.
> >
> > I recommend MAINTAINERS entries for drivers that are not listed and that
> > you care about seeing the changes for.
>
> This is why we have a regex to match these.

Great, the submitter should have used that.

> I can submit a patch to have a proper entry if the regex is not enough/appropriate.

Whatever makes the tools work is fine with me.

> BTW can you point us how are selected the recipients of the notification messages you send ?

For when I apply a patch, everyone on the ack/signed-off-by/reviewed-by
list gets a response. I do not hit mailing lists with the notification
as that's just too much noise.

Been doing it this way for well over a decade now, nothing new here :)

thanks,

greg k-h

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