Re: [PATCH -next] netxen: fix builds for SYSFS=n or MODULES=n

David Miller
2009-10-28T09:34:00Z

From: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@qlogic.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:09:24 -0700

> Sorry, seems like I am keeping you busy with the build errors.
> Thanks for fixing it again (may be I need to setup all different build configs).
>
> Acked-by: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay@netxen.com>

Please adhere to the following netiquette when replying to
patches:

1) DO NOT TOP POST.

You can feel free to continue doing this, but I am warning you
that soon a day will come when replying to postings in a top-post
manner will have your posting completely rejected from the list.

This is absolutely the largest pet peeve amongst kernel developers.
Quote only the relevant parts of the message, nothing more, and
then afterwards you place your comments. Do not add comments
before the quoted material. People need to read the quoted part to
gain the context necessary to understand your reply, not the other
way around.

2) Do not quote the patch when just adding your ACK or signoff.

That makes the patch appear twice in patchwork, making more work
for me and confusion for the patch submitted.

Thank you.