Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] i2c-i801 / dell-lis3lv02d: Move instantiation of lis3lv02d i2c_client from i2c-i801 to dell-lis3lv02d

Hans de Goede
2024-07-04T17:54:32Z

Hi,

On 7/4/24 5:54 PM, Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Thursday 04 July 2024 12:17:27 Hans de Goede wrote:
>> Hi Pali,
>>
>> On 7/3/24 8:41 PM, Pali Rohár wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 03 July 2024 12:58:01 Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On 6/24/24 8:28 PM, Pali Rohár wrote:
>>>>> On Monday 24 June 2024 13:15:12 Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>>>> Hans de Goede (6):
>>>>>> i2c: core: Setup i2c_adapter runtime-pm before calling device_add()
>>>>>> i2c: i801: Use a different adapter-name for IDF adapters
>>>>>> platform/x86: dell-smo8800: Move SMO88xx acpi_device_ids to
>>>>>> dell-smo8800-ids.h
>>>>>> platform/x86: dell-smo8800: Move instantiation of lis3lv02d i2c_client
>>>>>> from i2c-i801 to dell-lis3lv02d
>>>>>> platform/x86: dell-smo8800: Add a couple more models to
>>>>>> lis3lv02d_devices[]
>>>>>> platform/x86: dell-smo8800: Add support for probing for the
>>>>>> accelerometer i2c address
>>>>>
>>>>> Patches 1-5 looks good. There are just a few minor things, but you can add
>>>>> Reviewed-by: Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>>> For patch 6 as I mentioned previously I'm strictly against this change
>>>>> until somebody goes and politely ask Dell about the current situation of
>>>>> the discovering of accelerometer's i2c address.
>>>>
>>>> Dell is on the Cc and not responding...
>>>
>>> And what do you expecting here? That somebody on the group address
>>> specified in CC list would react to all your tons of messages? Not
>>> mentioning the fact that you did not even ask anything.
>>
>> You keep on repeating this since I first posted this patch
>> in December last year, but as I already wrote back then:
>
> Yes, because you have not done anything and you are just repeating those
> nonsenses. What are you expecting? You are either doing all this on
> purpose or you are just lazy and think that somebody (e.g. me) would do
> this stuff.
>
>> https://lore.kernel.org/platform-driver-x86/8b3946e0-7eb5-4e1f-9708-1f6cfda95e1a@redhat.com/
>>
>> "Unfortunately I no longer have any contacts inside Dell"
>>
>> And Paul Menzel reached out back to gkh back then asking
>> if Greg had any contacts in he did not have any contacts
>> either.
>>
>> Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com is the official address listed
>> for Dell drivers under drivers/platform/x86 .
>
> Perfect. And may you explain why you have not tried to contact them with
> addressed requests of exact information of what you need and ask for
> help? You wrote tons of emails with zero value.
>
>>> This is not how things works.
>>
>> The email address which I'm using is *THE* one which Dell has
>> provided for contacting about Dell pdx86 drivers. I really
>> don't know what else you expect me to do here.
>>
>> You just keep repeating that Dell should be contacted about
>> this and multiple people (me and Andy) have already pointed
>> out that Dell does not have any other contact info. Repeating
>> the same remark over and over does not change things.
>>
>> As I mentioned in my other email too, if you think you can do
>> better feel free to try and contact Dell your self, something
>
> I'm not your servant and I'm not going to play role of your secretary.
>
>> which you could already have done the first time you mentioned
>> this in December 2023, back when I already said I don't have
>> any other contact info for Dell.
>
> Could you stop complaining? I'm really not interested in your stories
> why you are not wanted to do anything.
>
>>> If you do not change your attitude here then I highly doubt that
>>> somebody will respond to you.
>>>
>>> I have feeling that you are doing it on purpose just because you do not
>>> want to do anything, and trying to find some kind of proof that nobody
>>> is responding to you, to convince others for merge your last hack change.
>>
>> This is just plain hurtful I do not believe I have ever done
>> anything to earn this level of distrust from you.
>
> Then read your message again. Now it is more clear that you are doing
> it on purpose.
>
>> I am hurt that you cannot at least show the common decency to
>> assume good intentions from my side.
>
> I hope that I do not have to explain you how to find contact address in
> MAINTAINERS file, how to write an addressed email for target audience,
> how to formulate questions and how to ask for information. And how to do
> it in _one_ message.

Really? Doubling down after insulting me (calling my integrity into
question) ?

So be it, I will simply not be responding to you in this thread anymore.

Regards,

Hans