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From: Alistair Popple <alistair@popple.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/45] powerpc/powernv: PCI hotplug support
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:57:32 +1000
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Hi Gavin,

<snip>

> >Why exactly cannot EEH reset changes go to a smaller separate patchset
> >(before hotplug)?
> >
> 
> As I explained before, the patchset's order is: PCI generic part,
> PowerNV PCI related, EEH related, device-tree part and hotplug driver.
> 
> The EEH reset change is included in PATCH[37/45]. There is no point
> to reorder the patches.
 
I don't understand all of the dependencies but if possible splitting the 
series up into a set of smaller self-contained patch series makes things 
easier to review and may make it easier for you to get this functionality 
reviewed and accepted into upstream.

Regards,

Alistair