[PATCH v8 00/45] powerpc/powernv: PCI hotplug support

Alistair Popple alistair at popple.id.au
Thu Apr 14 09:57:32 AEST 2016


Hi Gavin,

<snip>

> >Why exactly cannot EEH reset changes go to a smaller separate patchset
> >(before hotplug)?
> >
> 
> As I explained before, the patchset's order is: PCI generic part,
> PowerNV PCI related, EEH related, device-tree part and hotplug driver.
> 
> The EEH reset change is included in PATCH[37/45]. There is no point
> to reorder the patches.
 
I don't understand all of the dependencies but if possible splitting the 
series up into a set of smaller self-contained patch series makes things 
easier to review and may make it easier for you to get this functionality 
reviewed and accepted into upstream.

Regards,

Alistair



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