From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net [150.101.137.145]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3qlgjw5lQyzDq62 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:58:28 +1000 (AEST) From: Alistair Popple To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Gavin Shan Cc: Alexey Kardashevskiy , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, grant.likely@linaro.org, robherring2@gmail.com, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, bhelgaas@google.com, dja@axtens.net Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/45] powerpc/powernv: PCI hotplug support Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:57:32 +1000 Message-ID: <8771729.bnzLL9sLJY@new-mexico> In-Reply-To: <20160413234246.GA5330@gwshan> References: <1455680668-23298-1-git-send-email-gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <570E0E13.6080409@ozlabs.ru> <20160413234246.GA5330@gwshan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi Gavin, > >Why exactly cannot EEH reset changes go to a smaller separate patchset > >(before hotplug)? > > > > As I explained before, the patchset's order is: PCI generic part, > PowerNV PCI related, EEH related, device-tree part and hotplug driver. > > The EEH reset change is included in PATCH[37/45]. There is no point > to reorder the patches. I don't understand all of the dependencies but if possible splitting the series up into a set of smaller self-contained patch series makes things easier to review and may make it easier for you to get this functionality reviewed and accepted into upstream. Regards, Alistair