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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: JosephChan@via.com.tw, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linux Frame Buffer Device Development
	<linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Question] sumbit VIAFB driver
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 20:37:22 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805052035180.3160@anakin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C80EF34A3D2E494DBAF9AC29C7AE4EB806F363D2@exchtp03.taipei.via.com.tw>

	Hi Joseph,

On Mon, 5 May 2008, JosephChan@via.com.tw wrote:
> We would like to sumbit VIA's framebuffer device driver into kernel and
> I've done the patch file.
> But the patch seems too large to send (2 files exceed 2700 lines, other
> 3 more files exceed 1000 lines), it's appreciated to guide me to
> separate those signle file into multiple parts?

For review, you can split the patch in multiple parts (one for each big
change) and send them separately.

For submission (after integrating the review comments!), you can send it as
one big patch to Andrew Morton, I think. Andrew?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
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  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-05 18:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-05 11:29 [Question] sumbit VIAFB driver JosephChan
2008-05-05 18:37 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2008-05-06  0:44   ` JosephChan
2008-05-06 18:44   ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-07  8:52     ` JosephChan
2008-05-07  9:08       ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-07 11:28       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-05-07 10:41     ` [PATCH 0/9] viafb: VIA Frame Buffer Device Driver JosephChan

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