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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] Improve slave/cyclic DMA engine documentation (was: [PATCH V4 04/14] DMA: PL330: Add DMA_CYCLIC capability)
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:20:27 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110726172027.GD1655@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABb+yY1P21hbMD2mG_cCvW3N5WqWzc2ZVt-HTOrC1J3dc5RbhA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 08:07:44PM +0530, Jassi Brar wrote:
> Dear Vinod,
> 
>  Since it came from the RMK, most probably it'll be the best.
> 
> But applying patches upon personal timeout seems very dangerous.

Ehh what?  Is there any contention over this documentation patch?

It's not adding anything new, it's just documenting the facts as they
stand today about the API and its use.

> People not responding doesn't mean only either people agree completely
> or they don't care. Some might be interested but too busy with current tasks
> that they need time to check... please make some policy for such cases.
> 
> It already happened with the patch from Rob, which you probably have to
> revert.
> 
> IMHO, if nobody replied, maybe you could first ack the patch and wait
> for, say a week, before applying?
> That way people will know they have to hurry if they care otherwise
> the patch is going upstream as such.

A week is far too long.  That's how patches get lost and missed.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-26 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-25  1:28 [RESEND] [PATCH V4 0/14] To use DMA generic APIs for Samsung DMA Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 01/14] DMA: PL330: Add support runtime PM for PL330 DMAC Boojin Kim
2011-07-26  6:03   ` Chanwoo Choi
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 02/14] DMA: PL330: Update PL330 DMA API driver Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  8:57   ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-25  9:48     ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 03/14] DMA: PL330: Support DMA_SLAVE_CONFIG command Boojin Kim
2011-07-25 10:26   ` Vinod Koul
2011-07-25 12:51     ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-25 13:48       ` Vinod Koul
2011-07-26 13:04         ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-26 13:12           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 04/14] DMA: PL330: Add DMA_CYCLIC capability Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  9:27   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-25 10:31     ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-25 10:36       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-25 10:48         ` Vinod Koul
2011-07-25 10:57           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-25 11:01             ` Vinod Koul
2011-07-25 11:39               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-25 12:01                 ` Vinod Koul
2011-07-26  7:57                   ` [PATCH] Improve slave/cyclic DMA engine documentation (was: [PATCH V4 04/14] DMA: PL330: Add DMA_CYCLIC capability) Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-26  9:35                     ` Vinod Koul
2011-07-26 14:37                       ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-26 17:20                         ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2011-07-26 17:55                           ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-26 18:03                             ` Grant Likely
2011-07-26 18:16                             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-27  2:38                             ` Vinod Koul
2011-07-27  9:01                       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-27  9:06                         ` Koul, Vinod
2011-07-26 13:25                     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-25 12:36           ` [PATCH V4 04/14] DMA: PL330: Add DMA_CYCLIC capability Boojin Kim
2011-07-25 12:34         ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-25 11:24   ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-26 12:28     ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 05/14] ARM: SAMSUNG: Update to use PL330-DMA driver Boojin Kim
2011-07-25 10:52   ` Vinod Koul
2011-07-25 11:31   ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 06/14] ARM: SAMSUNG: Add common DMA operations Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  9:36   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-25  9:57     ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-25 11:51   ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-26  8:02     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-26 17:43       ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-26 18:14         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-26 19:54           ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-26  9:35     ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-27  1:33       ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-27  5:17         ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-27  7:57           ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-28  0:38             ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 07/14] ARM: EXYNOS4: Use generic DMA PL330 driver Boojin Kim
2011-07-25 11:59   ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-25 12:59     ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 08/14] ARM: S5PV210: " Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 09/14] ARM: S5PC100: " Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 10/14] ARM: S5P64X0: " Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 11/14] ARM: SAMSUNG: Remove S3C-PL330-DMA driver Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 12/14] spi/s3c64xx: Add support DMA engine API Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  9:40   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-25 10:34     ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-25 11:17   ` Vinod Koul
2011-07-26  9:31     ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-26 10:14       ` Vinod Koul
2011-07-27  5:05         ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 13/14] ASoC: Samsung: Update DMA interface Boojin Kim
2011-07-25  1:28 ` [PATCH V4 14/14] ARM: SAMSUNG: Remove Samsung specific enum type for dma direction Boojin Kim
2011-07-25 12:08   ` Jassi Brar
2011-07-25 21:15     ` Grant Likely
2011-07-28  1:23       ` Boojin Kim
2011-07-25 10:17 ` [RESEND] [PATCH V4 0/14] To use DMA generic APIs for Samsung DMA Vinod Koul
2011-07-25 11:09   ` Vinod Koul

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