[U-Boot-Users] [patch 0/6] DM9000: Several fixes/cleanups for the DM9000A controller

Ben Warren biggerbadderben at gmail.com
Wed Jun 4 16:25:00 CEST 2008


Remy Bohmer wrote:
> Hello Stefano,
>
>   
>> Great ! It works, I tested now with bigger files and it sounds good !
>>     
>
> Good news!
>
>   
>> I have seen that the complete patch (all patch 0-xx) is not so big and
>> smaller as the limit of the mailing list (17k < 40k). What about to send
>> only the complete patch ? It is easier to read for the review.
>>     
>
> I made it seperate patches because all changes are seperate from each other.
> One does not have to install the complete series. Every step should
> result in a bootable and working driver.
> Some other rule says: Keep patches as small as possible...
>
> I looked at the complete change at first, but that makes it
> unreadable, and I believe, harder to review.
> Many changes are trivial, only some are more intrusive...
>
>   
>> There are some issues with the coding style, too (trailing blanks, for
>> example).
>>     
>
> hmm, I have configured quilt such that it normally removes those whitespaces...
> I have to find out what went wrong here.
>
>   
I only encountered one whitespace issue, in patch 5 and was able to fix 
it. I use the --whitespace=strip option in git-am, so trailing 
whitespace isn't a problem.
> Wolfgang, Is the merge window for these patches still open?
> If so, I will clean up the patches, and distribute it again in about an hour.
>
>   
I've applied your patches to the net repo, and since you submitted them 
by the deadline it should go in this release.




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