Re: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "spi/pl022: enable runtime PM"

[Russell King - ARM Linux <linux-lFZ/pmaqli7XmaaqVzeoHQ@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:47:23PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:41:31PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:16:56PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:10:19PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > 
> > > > I *really* should not need to remind you to:
> > 
> > > >  - Not top post
> > > >  - Send patches in a form which can be applied if you want them applying
> > 
> > > How about actually applying the damned patch from the two-part patch set,
> > > rather than only the first, both of which has been around for almost a
> > > month now, and fixes what should never have gone into mainline in the
> > > first place?
> > 
> > Well, the reason for the second point is that I don't have a copy of the
> > patch any more, I need a copy of it before I can do anything.  Half the
> > reason these contentless top posts are annoying is that even if there's
> > something to do it's not actionable.
> > 
> > I have to say I had been under the impression that Linus' series that I
> > applied the other day dealt with all the outstanding stuff here; the
> > issues with this have been the awful changelogs and the overalapping
> > sets of patches.
> 
> Given that Linus is the one who introduced the fuckups in the first place,
> and afaics Linus' series has not been posted anywhere I can see, and I
> have been through the issues and worked with Ulf to get them fixed, I find
> that to be down right insulting by you.
> 
> You received *BOTH* of Ulf's patches on the 5th October.  Both needed
> to be applied *TOGETHER* to reduce the window where things got worse
> before they got better.  But for some goddamned unknown reason you decided
> to only take the first but totally and utterly ignored the second.
> 
> Well done, you've probably crapped this driver up again.  Way to go Mark.
> Now, tell us _exactly_ what patches you've applied to this driver.  Post
> them to this mailing list so we can see them, and see what state this
> driver is now in.
> 
> IMHO, you're being a terrible "maintainer" here - and this is being shown
> by the need to get you to post all the patches you've currently queued up
> for this.

Oh, and if you're unwilling to do that, then I'm taking both of Ulf's
patches, committing them to my fixes branch, and sending them off to
Linus tonight - because they are _NEEDED_ for the -rc series to fix
this driver.

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