From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vinod Koul Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/15] dmaengine: dw: rename masters to reflect actual topology Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:35:41 +0530 Message-ID: <20160125120541.GH11130@localhost> References: <1453663322-14474-1-git-send-email-mans@mansr.com> <1453663322-14474-4-git-send-email-mans@mansr.com> <20160124223629.GI6588@sirena.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Cc: Mark Brown , Viresh Kumar , Andy Shevchenko , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, Rob Herring , Pawel Moll , Mark Rutland , Ian Campbell , Kumar Gala , Haavard Skinnemoen , Hans-Christian Egtvedt , Tejun Heo , Dan Williams , Daniel Mack , Haojian Zhuang , Robert Jarzmik , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jiri Slaby , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 10:38:57PM +0000, M=E5ns Rullg=E5rd wrote: > Mark Brown writes: >=20 > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 07:21:50PM +0000, Mans Rullgard wrote: > >> From: Andy Shevchenko > >>=20 > >> The source and destination masters are reflecting buses or their l= ayers to > >> where the different devices can be connected. The patch changes th= e master > >> names to reflect which one is related to which independently on th= e transfer > >> direction. > > > > This is patch 3 of a series but I don't have anything else in the > > series. What is going on with the rest of the series - what are th= e > > dependencies and so on? >=20 > I give up. Seriously, this is impossible. If I don't include everyb= ody > in the slightest way related to any patch in the series, I get > complaints that patches are missing. If I do, the lists reject it al= l > due to too many recipients. What the hell am I supposed to do? Right practice is to CC everyone in cover-letter and mention which subs= ystem this is intended to be merged thru and CC relevant folks on the patches= =2E That gives everyone context and right attention and lesser noise on pat= ches --=20 ~Vinod