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=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham 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 E9467C169C4 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2019 14:14:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7CDE2146E for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2019 14:14:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1549635245; bh=94yI00TNBLHkPmBAjyzhuaoudci/T1/X9KZPsyOgjq8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=a4PqaobyTDKl1JBswvIi4V+2p+279MtjJrr/Sz0smeGkauoLEL9f/8fMbIiNXexn9 X8SuGSdKeQTYrAbifvvhex4E1bF6k7JJN5XamRAaQFi0v0qyUL71RL8HMGVn3eRpST ZtDwXcOY8limaN64fm9aEqfIJxaKZ9PcRn6Lqj+A= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727982AbfBHOOE (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2019 09:14:04 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:56456 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727867AbfBHOOD (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2019 09:14:03 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.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 2E3F920844; Fri, 8 Feb 2019 14:14:02 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1549635242; bh=94yI00TNBLHkPmBAjyzhuaoudci/T1/X9KZPsyOgjq8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=zci152GgCor8pE4cHEf4OUgvtA3Vmbz4/HI5a38W6x5PhS3Z3/RmFoPbPo0myehuw U9YzXCZ3hO2rzI4Pl6b7GDP8uCMjiyoK2lr42c8tZYo1SjHhYdg6uF6ZWd2Dd8h9TU 81ZJ1Hk/nG3eEhYQR8fJyfJeXecFku+E7vKM89oQ= Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 15:14:00 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Sven Van Asbroeck Cc: robh+dt@kernel.org, Linus Walleij , Lee Jones , mark.rutland@arm.com, Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=E4rber?= , treding@nvidia.com, David Lechner , noralf@tronnes.org, johan@kernel.org, Michal Simek , michal.vokac@ysoft.com, Arnd Bergmann , john.garry@huawei.com, geert+renesas@glider.be, robin.murphy@arm.com, Paul Gortmaker , sebastien.bourdelin@savoirfairelinux.com, icenowy@aosc.io, Stuart Yoder , maxime.ripard@bootlin.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card Message-ID: <20190208141400.GA22162@kroah.com> References: <20190124201251.15159-1-TheSven73@googlemail.com> <20190208121916.GE23483@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.3 (2019-02-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:05:11AM -0500, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 7:19 AM Greg KH wrote: > > > > I would like to see other people review and put their "name" on the > > patchset either with a "reviewed-by:" or "ack" or something. > > That's what I would love to see too ! > > And I agree with you that a patchset like this needs more review. > Probably a lot more. Especially the fieldbus userspace interface. > > The question is: how can I generate interest? Other than starting > an advertising campaign or spamming developers :) > > I guess this is one of the ways a patch can die: lack of interest > by the wider community? Well, who wants this code? Who uses it? Find those people and get them to review it. If no one wants it or uses it, that kind of implies that it's not needed :) thanks, greg k-h