Re: [Uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] input/keyboard: new driver for ADP5520 MFD PMICs

[Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 00:04, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:40:41 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 02:30, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:24:10 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> >> +struct adp5520_keys {
>> >> + __ __ struct input_dev *input;
>> >> + __ __ struct notifier_block notifier;
>> >> + __ __ struct device *master;
>> >> + __ __ unsigned short keycode[ADP5520_KEYMAPSIZE];
>> >
>> > Where is ADP5520_KEYMAPSIZE defined?
>>
>> all these things are in the common mfd adp5520 patch.  it introduces a
>> common adp5520 header.
>
> err, what common MFD patch?  There was nothing in either the changelog
> nor the patch title which indicated that this patch had a dependency on
> other patches.  This makes things harder for mergers and reviewers,
> especially when the patchset hits multiple subsystems, maintained by
> multiple developers.
>
> Probably the best way to handle this sort of thing is to present it as a
> sequence-numbered patch series with well-chosen cc's and an overall
> description of the dependencies and perhaps the merge plan in [patch
> 0/n].

the MFD patch has been sent to the MFD guy already for review.  being
an MFD means it touches like 4 or 5 different subsystems.  but the
only dependency is on the MFD core.
-mike