From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-pa0-x22b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22b]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1WpljI-0004Wy-2r for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 28 May 2014 21:49:48 +0000 Received: by mail-pa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id hz1so11658082pad.16 for ; Wed, 28 May 2014 14:49:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 14:49:21 -0700 From: Brian Norris To: Alexander Holler Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/27] mtd: nand: introduce function to fix a common bug in most nand-drivers not showing a device in sysfs Message-ID: <20140528214921.GC3599@ld-irv-0074> References: <1401142372-14148-1-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de> <1401142372-14148-2-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de> <20140528084344.GB4285@norris-Latitude-E6410> <53863056.2070405@ahsoftware.de> <20140528201018.GA3599@ld-irv-0074> <53865071.5060501@ahsoftware.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53865071.5060501@ahsoftware.de> Cc: David Woodhouse , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:09:05PM +0200, Alexander Holler wrote: > I'm very sorry, but I find such discussions extremly tiresome. > > If you just would have suggested that one if to prevent that someone who > doesn't c&p existing code would end up with a clobbered name (which he > obviously can't miss if he ever would test his new or changed driver), > than I maybe would have send a v2 with that if. But all the other noise > just made me to want I never had send (again) a patch to LKML. It is > almost impossible to avoid such answers and it turns every patch posting > into a endless story where people do want to discuss every line or even > character of totally silly things. It would help if you brought a more open attitude to the table. https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/14/574