From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41210C47253 for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 11:59:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CBDA21582 for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 11:59:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1588334375; bh=0VQ7YPYlx9hfs/EB0jGjLy7lp7UfqP2NSb+PtmCf+ig=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=ergPaD6D5eC+h+wODYpkMGAGLBPtNAXlh49nq0GpyFO4daCwwDFYNhMnioLx4diRA KR9a19Ro/ks0yw/rcqKESsEiB4yDBUovc1lnESoF2FS/rbcUhfxLWdH59mNPmorT7a GGA7Ase/XpXiwbiTmzBipLG3bouIIYesVCAUzeTU= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728746AbgEAL7e (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2020 07:59:34 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:41310 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728570AbgEAL7d (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2020 07:59:33 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F282A20836; Fri, 1 May 2020 11:59:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1588334373; bh=0VQ7YPYlx9hfs/EB0jGjLy7lp7UfqP2NSb+PtmCf+ig=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=dSpJVP7SAFq5uosWAWOJDU+nAgJMw7/QPb15FniUXreIe+Fj7WvLAuRjzPqJRAhrt 0z955JM3M6fp1UxEnchSZwRiJUfqxTi1PGa8NxGlirqm4GgCXCrzMF+ifLyMwDp6Bt EGvv7YnQUU4WpGSNR7ziQJwDJPgN0JVbOcMZfCtE= Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 13:59:29 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Daniele Alessandrelli Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rob Herring , Andy Shevchenko , Paul J Murphy , Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] soc: keembay: Add Keem Bay IMR driver Message-ID: <20200501115929.GA1609634@kroah.com> References: <13ca92165fab2827b6d439661e75f5b91ef083c2.1587485099.git.daniele.alessandrelli@intel.com> <20200501081002.GA1055721@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 01, 2020 at 12:50:36PM +0100, Daniele Alessandrelli wrote: > Thanks for your feedback. > > > > > First off, there is a "proper" way to send patches to the kernel > > community that Intel has that I do not think you are > > following. Please > > work with the Intel "Linux group" to do that first, as odds are they > > would have caught all of these issues beforehand (hint, which is why > > that process is in place...) > > > > I actually followed that process and got the OK to try to upstream. Then someone seriously steered you wrong as I know of one specific thing you did incorrectly (hint, you needed to get them to sign off on the patch...) > I think the issues you identified went uncaught mainly due to the > limited Linux ARM expertise within that group (and Intel in general). No, they should know better, if not, there are bigger problems there :( greg k-h