From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752271AbaBNJCt (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Feb 2014 04:02:49 -0500 Received: from mail-wg0-f52.google.com ([74.125.82.52]:51876 "EHLO mail-wg0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752010AbaBNJCY (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Feb 2014 04:02:24 -0500 Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:02:17 +0000 From: Lee Jones To: Laszlo Papp Cc: Jean Delvare , LKML , lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org, Guenter Roeck Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [RFC PATCH] hwmon: (max6650) Convert to be a platform driver Message-ID: <20140214090217.GD3403@lee--X1> References: <1392281438-31836-1-git-send-email-lpapp@kde.org> <20140213095817.GD32508@lee--X1> <20140213111530.2a2b4982@endymion.delvare> <20140213113313.GL32508@lee--X1> <20140213124002.GA3403@lee--X1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > >> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1645251 > >> > >> Step 2 did not happen. I did not get any review for my change. I > >> literally submitted that within a couple of hours after the request. > >> > >> Could you please tell me what was wrong with that change, and why I > >> did not get any respect not to "xargs rm -rf" my work in that area? I > >> believe I was ignored instead of improving the change, and someone > >> else tried to address the same thing. There was no argument in that > >> thread. It was a technical change. I personally do not feel happy > >> about it. > > > > Let's start again. > > > > Rebase your work on top of the HWMON tree on kernel.org and resubmit > > the entire set. If rebasing takes you more than 20 mins, you're > > probably doing it wrong. > > I tried, but I could not manage it within 20 minutes, so I guess I am > doing something wrong. Can you please provide some pointers how not to > do it wrong? Perhaps, I am not aware of some tricks. One question, are you still working on this stuff or not? I'm confused by the disparity in your messages. I'm going to guess that you're in for now. Do: `git rebase -i --onto ` Where: is the SHA1 of the first patch below your changes in `git log` is Guenter's staging tree on kernel.org Ensure you're rebasing all of your patches (and patches that aren't yours) when your $EDITOR pops up. If they are wrong, delete all the lines in the file and the rebase will be aborted. If they're correct save and close your $EDITOR. You'll receive conflicts. You can see the state of the conflicts using `git status` Open the file, find the conflict markers and make a choice from the HEAD section or the section from your patch. Sometimes you'll need to manually merge the two, if there are changes from both refs that you want to keep. Once you're happy `git commit -a` and `git rebase --continue`. Each conflict should not take you long, but if it does, keep at it, as it's good practice. After a time of doing it, you'll be able to fix merge conflicts in no time at all. -- Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Jones Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:02:17 +0000 Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [RFC PATCH] hwmon: (max6650) Convert to be a platform driver Message-Id: <20140214090217.GD3403@lee--X1> List-Id: References: <1392281438-31836-1-git-send-email-lpapp@kde.org> <20140213095817.GD32508@lee--X1> <20140213111530.2a2b4982@endymion.delvare> <20140213113313.GL32508@lee--X1> <20140213124002.GA3403@lee--X1> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Laszlo Papp Cc: Jean Delvare , LKML , lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org, Guenter Roeck PiA+PiBodHRwOi8vY29tbWVudHMuZ21hbmUub3JnL2dtYW5lLmxpbnV4Lmtlcm5lbC8xNjQ1MjUx Cj4gPj4KPiA+PiBTdGVwIDIgZGlkIG5vdCBoYXBwZW4uIEkgZGlkIG5vdCBnZXQgYW55IHJldmll dyBmb3IgbXkgY2hhbmdlLiBJCj4gPj4gbGl0ZXJhbGx5IHN1Ym1pdHRlZCB0aGF0IHdpdGhpbiBh IGNvdXBsZSBvZiBob3VycyBhZnRlciB0aGUgcmVxdWVzdC4KPiA+Pgo+ID4+IENvdWxkIHlvdSBw bGVhc2UgdGVsbCBtZSB3aGF0IHdhcyB3cm9uZyB3aXRoIHRoYXQgY2hhbmdlLCBhbmQgd2h5IEkK PiA+PiBkaWQgbm90IGdldCBhbnkgcmVzcGVjdCBub3QgdG8gInhhcmdzIHJtIC1yZiIgbXkgd29y ayBpbiB0aGF0IGFyZWE/IEkKPiA+PiBiZWxpZXZlIEkgd2FzIGlnbm9yZWQgaW5zdGVhZCBvZiBp bXByb3ZpbmcgdGhlIGNoYW5nZSwgYW5kIHNvbWVvbmUKPiA+PiBlbHNlIHRyaWVkIHRvIGFkZHJl c3MgdGhlIHNhbWUgdGhpbmcuIFRoZXJlIHdhcyBubyBhcmd1bWVudCBpbiB0aGF0Cj4gPj4gdGhy ZWFkLiBJdCB3YXMgYSB0ZWNobmljYWwgY2hhbmdlLiBJIHBlcnNvbmFsbHkgZG8gbm90IGZlZWwg aGFwcHkKPiA+PiBhYm91dCBpdC4KPiA+Cj4gPiBMZXQncyBzdGFydCBhZ2Fpbi4KPiA+Cj4gPiBS ZWJhc2UgeW91ciB3b3JrIG9uIHRvcCBvZiB0aGUgSFdNT04gdHJlZSBvbiBrZXJuZWwub3JnIGFu ZCByZXN1Ym1pdAo+ID4gdGhlIGVudGlyZSBzZXQuIElmIHJlYmFzaW5nIHRha2VzIHlvdSBtb3Jl IHRoYW4gMjAgbWlucywgeW91J3JlCj4gPiBwcm9iYWJseSBkb2luZyBpdCB3cm9uZy4KPiAKPiBJ IHRyaWVkLCBidXQgSSBjb3VsZCBub3QgbWFuYWdlIGl0IHdpdGhpbiAyMCBtaW51dGVzLCBzbyBJ IGd1ZXNzIEkgYW0KPiBkb2luZyBzb21ldGhpbmcgd3JvbmcuIENhbiB5b3UgcGxlYXNlIHByb3Zp ZGUgc29tZSBwb2ludGVycyBob3cgbm90IHRvCj4gZG8gaXQgd3Jvbmc/IFBlcmhhcHMsIEkgYW0g bm90IGF3YXJlIG9mIHNvbWUgdHJpY2tzLgoKT25lIHF1ZXN0aW9uLCBhcmUgeW91IHN0aWxsIHdv cmtpbmcgb24gdGhpcyBzdHVmZiBvciBub3Q/IEknbSBjb25mdXNlZApieSB0aGUgZGlzcGFyaXR5 IGluIHlvdXIgbWVzc2FnZXMuIEknbSBnb2luZyB0byBndWVzcyB0aGF0IHlvdSdyZSBpbgpmb3Ig bm93LgoKRG86CiAgYGdpdCByZWJhc2UgLWkgPGJhc2U+IC0tb250byA8bmV3YmFzZT5gCldoZXJl OgogIDxiYXNlPiBpcyB0aGUgU0hBMSBvZiB0aGUgZmlyc3QgcGF0Y2ggYmVsb3cgeW91ciBjaGFu Z2VzIGluIGBnaXQgbG9nYAogIDxuZXdfYmFzZT4gaXMgR3VlbnRlcidzIHN0YWdpbmcgdHJlZSBv biBrZXJuZWwub3JnCgpFbnN1cmUgeW91J3JlIHJlYmFzaW5nIGFsbCBvZiB5b3VyIHBhdGNoZXMg KGFuZCBwYXRjaGVzIHRoYXQgYXJlbid0CnlvdXJzKSB3aGVuIHlvdXIgJEVESVRPUiBwb3BzIHVw LiBJZiB0aGV5IGFyZSB3cm9uZywgZGVsZXRlIGFsbCB0aGUKbGluZXMgaW4gdGhlIGZpbGUgYW5k IHRoZSByZWJhc2Ugd2lsbCBiZSBhYm9ydGVkLiBJZiB0aGV5J3JlIGNvcnJlY3QKc2F2ZSBhbmQg Y2xvc2UgeW91ciAkRURJVE9SLgoKWW91J2xsIHJlY2VpdmUgY29uZmxpY3RzLiBZb3UgY2FuIHNl ZSB0aGUgc3RhdGUgb2YgdGhlIGNvbmZsaWN0cyB1c2luZwpgZ2l0IHN0YXR1c2AgT3BlbiB0aGUg ZmlsZSwgZmluZCB0aGUgY29uZmxpY3QgbWFya2VycyBhbmQgbWFrZSBhIGNob2ljZQpmcm9tIHRo ZSBIRUFEIHNlY3Rpb24gb3IgdGhlIHNlY3Rpb24gZnJvbSB5b3VyIHBhdGNoLiBTb21ldGltZXMK eW91J2xsIG5lZWQgdG8gbWFudWFsbHkgbWVyZ2UgdGhlIHR3bywgaWYgdGhlcmUgYXJlIGNoYW5n ZXMgZnJvbSBib3RoCnJlZnMgdGhhdCB5b3Ugd2FudCB0byBrZWVwLiBPbmNlIHlvdSdyZSBoYXBw eSBgZ2l0IGNvbW1pdCAtYWAgYW5kIGBnaXQKcmViYXNlIC0tY29udGludWVgLiBFYWNoIGNvbmZs aWN0IHNob3VsZCBub3QgdGFrZSB5b3UgbG9uZywgYnV0IGlmIGl0CmRvZXMsIGtlZXAgYXQgaXQs IGFzIGl0J3MgZ29vZCBwcmFjdGljZS4gQWZ0ZXIgYSB0aW1lIG9mIGRvaW5nIGl0LAp5b3UnbGwg YmUgYWJsZSB0byBmaXggbWVyZ2UgY29uZmxpY3RzIGluIG5vIHRpbWUgYXQgYWxsLgoKLS0gCkxl ZSBKb25lcwpMaW5hcm8gU1RNaWNyb2VsZWN0cm9uaWNzIExhbmRpbmcgVGVhbSBMZWFkCkxpbmFy by5vcmcg4pSCIE9wZW4gc291cmNlIHNvZnR3YXJlIGZvciBBUk0gU29DcwpGb2xsb3cgTGluYXJv OiBGYWNlYm9vayB8IFR3aXR0ZXIgfCBCbG9nCgpfX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fXwpsbS1zZW5zb3JzIG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApsbS1zZW5zb3JzQGxt LXNlbnNvcnMub3JnCmh0dHA6Ly9saXN0cy5sbS1zZW5zb3JzLm9yZy9tYWlsbWFuL2xpc3RpbmZv L2xtLXNlbnNvcnM