[PATCH 0/5] remove label = "cpu" from DSA dt-binding

Arınç ÜNAL arinc.unal at arinc9.com
Thu Dec 1 22:37:31 AEDT 2022


On 1.12.2022 13:42, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal at arinc9.com> writes:
>> On 30.11.2022 18:55, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 05:10:35PM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
>>>> Hello folks,
>>>>
>>>> With this patch series, we're completely getting rid of 'label = "cpu";'
>>>> which is not used by the DSA dt-binding at all.
>>>>
>>>> Information for taking the patches for maintainers:
>>>> Patch 1: netdev maintainers (based off netdev/net-next.git main)
>>>> Patch 2-3: SoC maintainers (based off soc/soc.git soc/dt)
>>>> Patch 4: MIPS maintainers (based off mips/linux.git mips-next)
>>>> Patch 5: PowerPC maintainers (based off powerpc/linux.git next-test)
>>>
>>> Hi Arınç
>>>
>>> So your plan is that each architecture maintainer merges one patch?
>>
>> Initially, I sent this series to soc at kernel.org to take it all but Rob
>> said it must be this way instead.
>>
>>>
>>> That is fine, but it is good to be explicit, otherwise patches will
>>> fall through the cracks because nobody picks them up. I generally use
>>> To: to indicate who i expect to merge a patch, and everybody else in
>>> the Cc:
>>
>> Thanks for this, I'll follow suit if I don't see any activity for a few
>> weeks.
> 
> IMHO the best solution if the patches are truly independent is to send
> them independantly to each maintainer. That way there's no confusion
> about whether someone else will take the series.
> 
> It's also simpler for maintainers to apply a single standalone patch vs
> pick a single patch from a larger series.

I agree. I'll do that next time.

Cheers.
Arınç


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