Re: [net-next PATCH v2 00/14] Add PCS core support

["Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 11:30:43AM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> On 4/8/25 10:50, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Mon,  7 Apr 2025 19:17:31 -0400 Sean Anderson wrote:
> >> This series depends on [1,2], and they have been included at the
> >> beginning so CI will run. However, I expect them to be reviewed/applied
> >> outside the net-next tree.
> > 
> > These appear to break the build:
> > 
> > drivers/acpi/property.c:1669:39: error: initialization of ‘int (*)(const struct fwnode_handle *, const char *, const char *, int,  unsigned int,  struct fwnode_reference_args *)’ from incompatible pointer type ‘int (*)(const struct fwnode_handle *, const char *, const char *, unsigned int,  unsigned int,  struct fwnode_reference_args *)’ [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
> >  1669 |                 .get_reference_args = acpi_fwnode_get_reference_args,   \
> > 
> > Could you post as RFC until we can actually merge this? I'm worried 
> > some sleep deprived maintainer may miss the note in the cover letter
> > and just apply it all to net-next..
> 
> I would really like to keep RFC off the titles since some reviewers don't
> pay attention to RFC series.
> 
> Would [DO NOT MERGE] in the subject be OK?

I'd bet that those who have decided "RFC means the patch series is not
ready" will take such a notice to also mean the same, and ignore it.

I think there needs to be some kind of push-back against these
maintainers who explicitly state that they ignore RFC series - making
it basically anti-social behaviour in the kernel community.

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