Re: [Question] sumbit VIAFB driver

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Wed, 7 May 2008, JosephChan@via.com.tw wrote:
> I've tried to split the patch into parts and sent to linux-fbdev-devel.
> But I got returned mail, it seems to be my patch was banned by
> linux-fbdev-devel.

Really? I don't see them being stuck in mailman, and I did receive them
through the list.
Can you please forward me the error email by personal email?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Morton [mailto:akpm@linux-foundation.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:45 AM
> To: Geert Uytterhoeven
> Cc: Joseph Chan; linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [Question] sumbit VIAFB driver
> 
> On Mon, 5 May 2008 20:37:22 +0200 (CEST) Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> 
> > 	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?
> > 
> 
> Sure.  Just copy me on the split-up patches and remind me to join them
> all together for upstream merging.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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