From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] libata: PATA driver for Celleb Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:07:51 -0500 Message-ID: <45D3EAA7.80805@garzik.org> References: <200701260724.l0Q7OISY027645@toshiba.co.jp> <45B9B1CD.4040600@garzik.org> <200702140518.l1E5IoWX010896@toshiba.co.jp> <1171430997.20192.136.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:52641 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751567AbXBOFID (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:08:03 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1171430997.20192.136.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, kou.ishizaki@toshiba.co.jp, arnd@arndb.de, paulus@samba.org, linas@austin.ibm.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Akira Iguchi , Andrew Morton Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: >> 2.6.20 has been released and (I think) it is the time of merge-window >> for 2.6.21. I want this patch to be merged at this time. >> Please tell me if there are anything I should do. > > FYI, Jeff, we have merged the rest of the celleb platform support in the > 2.6.21 merge window, so it would be annoying if that didn't make it agreed, that's on the list to get pushed > (that and some spidernet fixes). I'm totally confused about who the heck is the spidernet maintainer. My inbox is pelted by spidernet driver updates from multiple people, and often the spidernet patches (regardless of author) receive comments that give me pause. The MAINTAINERS file says > SPIDERNET NETWORK DRIVER for CELL > P: Jim Lewis > M: jim@jklewis.com > L: netdev@vger.kernel.org > S: Supported but I do not see patch roll-ups or much activity from him at all. In practice, it seems like Linas does patchsets for spidernet, but there is also Jakob Osterkemp(sp?) and Ishizaki and.... My overall impression of spidernet development is that EVERYBODY is submitting patches at once, and expecting me to sort out the mess. No thanks. Speaking with one voice would be much appreciated. And said speaker should patch the MAINTAINERS file to reflect reality. Jeff From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.dvmed.net (srv5.dvmed.net [207.36.208.214]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F17F9DDDEC for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:08:05 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <45D3EAA7.80805@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:07:51 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] libata: PATA driver for Celleb References: <200701260724.l0Q7OISY027645@toshiba.co.jp> <45B9B1CD.4040600@garzik.org> <200702140518.l1E5IoWX010896@toshiba.co.jp> <1171430997.20192.136.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1171430997.20192.136.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: arnd@arndb.de, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, paulus@samba.org, Andrew Morton , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: >> 2.6.20 has been released and (I think) it is the time of merge-window >> for 2.6.21. I want this patch to be merged at this time. >> Please tell me if there are anything I should do. > > FYI, Jeff, we have merged the rest of the celleb platform support in the > 2.6.21 merge window, so it would be annoying if that didn't make it agreed, that's on the list to get pushed > (that and some spidernet fixes). I'm totally confused about who the heck is the spidernet maintainer. My inbox is pelted by spidernet driver updates from multiple people, and often the spidernet patches (regardless of author) receive comments that give me pause. The MAINTAINERS file says > SPIDERNET NETWORK DRIVER for CELL > P: Jim Lewis > M: jim@jklewis.com > L: netdev@vger.kernel.org > S: Supported but I do not see patch roll-ups or much activity from him at all. In practice, it seems like Linas does patchsets for spidernet, but there is also Jakob Osterkemp(sp?) and Ishizaki and.... My overall impression of spidernet development is that EVERYBODY is submitting patches at once, and expecting me to sort out the mess. No thanks. Speaking with one voice would be much appreciated. And said speaker should patch the MAINTAINERS file to reflect reality. Jeff