From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759234AbXGCJig (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 05:38:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755961AbXGCJi3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 05:38:29 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:37091 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755902AbXGCJi2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 05:38:28 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 02:38:05 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Kumar Gala Cc: Linux Kernel Development , linuxppc-dev list , Paul Mackerras Subject: Re: How to handle patches that cross maintainers? Message-Id: <20070703023805.f174b5b8.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <4BEFAFC6-3346-4F29-B1C5-377952E3FBBF@kernel.crashing.org> References: <4BEFAFC6-3346-4F29-B1C5-377952E3FBBF@kernel.crashing.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.1 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 04:01:20 -0500 Kumar Gala 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.