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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@bp.renesas.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@gmail.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
	Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@omprussia.ru>,
	Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com>,
	Yuusuke Ashizuka <ashiduka@fujitsu.com>,
	Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@renesas.com>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org" 
	<linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org>,
	Chris Paterson <Chris.Paterson2@renesas.com>,
	Biju Das <biju.das@bp.renesas.com>,
	Prabhakar Mahadev Lad <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/18] Add Gigabit Ethernet driver support
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:49:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a0zcXT7xtXpt3-Yf=7Oiitrch5KjcqMcRf4ZRK56B_NqA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdXecUYTSjGUyDZDFKfwT+Fgi4n4o08b0Yunu70JmpnN=w@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 12:56 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 8:28 AM Biju Das <biju.das.jz@bp.renesas.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Are these changes inseparable? If so, you need to be up front on this, and
> > > you need an agreement with the subsystem maintainers how the patches are
> > > going to be merged? Through which tree. And you need Acked-by from the
> > > other tree maintainers.
> > >
> > > Ideally you submit multiple patchsets. This assumes all sets will compile
> > > independently.
> >
> > Agreed. Will split this patch series in 3 patchsets
> >
> > 1) single binding patch
> >
> > 2) Clock patchset
> >
> > 3) ravb driver patchset.
>
> 4) dts part.
>
> Part 2 should pass through renesas-clk.
> Part 4 should pass through renesas-devel.

Sounds good. To clarify: the changes should not just compile, but
each branch should be usable independently with no loss of
functionality. Using the feature depends on having all branches
merged, but they should not introduced regressions when applied
into some other tree.

I hope this was already obvious to everyone involved.

       Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-26 13:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-22 14:13 [PATCH net-next 00/18] Add Gigabit Ethernet driver support Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 01/18] dt-bindings: net: renesas,etheravb: Document Gigabit Ethernet IP Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 05/18] ravb: Replace chip type with a structure for driver data Biju Das
2021-07-22 20:42   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2021-07-23  6:08     ` Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 06/18] ravb: Factorise ptp feature Biju Das
2021-07-23 20:56   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2021-07-26  9:01     ` Biju Das
2021-07-26 13:08       ` Andrew Lunn
2021-07-26 13:41         ` Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 07/18] ravb: Add features specific to R-Car Gen3 Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 08/18] ravb: Add R-Car common features Biju Das
2021-07-27 20:48   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2021-07-28 10:13     ` Biju Das
2021-07-28 13:45       ` Andrew Lunn
2021-07-29 15:10         ` Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 09/18] ravb: Factorise ravb_ring_free function Biju Das
2021-07-29 18:02   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2021-07-30  6:21     ` Biju Das
2021-08-20 15:32       ` Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 10/18] ravb: Factorise ravb_ring_format function Biju Das
2021-07-29 18:30   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2021-07-30  6:24     ` Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 11/18] ravb: Factorise ravb_ring_init function Biju Das
2021-07-29 18:53   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2021-07-30  6:54     ` Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 12/18] ravb: Factorise {emac,dmac} init function Biju Das
2021-08-02 19:41   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2021-08-20 15:42     ` Biju Das
2021-08-20 18:57       ` Sergey Shtylyov
2021-08-20 19:44         ` Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 13/18] ravb: Factorise ravb_rx function Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 14/18] ravb: Factorise ravb_adjust_link function Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 15/18] ravb: Factorise ravb_set_features Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 16/18] ravb: Add reset support Biju Das
2021-07-22 14:13 ` [PATCH net-next 17/18] ravb: Add GbEthernet driver support Biju Das
2021-07-22 20:53 ` [PATCH net-next 00/18] Add Gigabit Ethernet " Sergei Shtylyov
2021-07-22 21:07   ` Andrew Lunn
2021-07-23  6:28     ` Biju Das
2021-07-26 10:55       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-07-26 13:49         ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2021-07-23  6:23   ` Biju Das

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