Re: How to handle patches that cross maintainers?

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 04:01:20 -0500 Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:

> Andrew,
> 
> I was hoping to get your input on how to handle patches that cross  
> maintainers.  I've got a patch that is pretty PPC specific, but  
> happens to touch some drivers as well.
> 
> Here's the diffstat to get a rough idea:
> 
> arch/powerpc/kernel/io.c                |   12 ++++++------
> arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c        |    2 +-
> arch/powerpc/mm/stab.c                  |    4 ++--
> drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c              |    4 ++--
> drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/bt878.h         |    5 ++---
> drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c |    2 +-
> include/asm-powerpc/system.h            |    2 +-
> 7 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> Now, I've had this issue before w/o any good sense on how to handle it.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 

Well, assuming that all the changes are interdependent and cannot be split
up: send it to the relevant maintainers, gather the acks and merge it up
yourself.