Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] mikrobus: Add mikroBUS driver

Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-03-20T07:33:35Z

On 19/03/2024 07:47, Ayush Singh wrote:
> On 3/19/24 11:34, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>
>> On 17/03/2024 20:37, Ayush Singh wrote:
>>> DONOTMERGE
>>>
>>> this patch depends on Patch 1, 2, 3
>> So none of your work should be reviewed? I don't understand this, but in
>> such case I am not going to review it.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
>>
> I am a bit lost here. It was mentioned in the patch v3 that I should
> specify the interdependence of patches in v3. And now you are saying I
> should not?
>
> Here is the rationale for the dependence:
>
> 1. Any changes to the property names in dt-bindings patch 1 will need an
> appropriate change here.
>
> 2. This patch will fail to build without patch 2.
>
> 3. This patch will fail to build without patch 3.

This is a natural ordering of patches... but the point is that it makes
ZERO sense once applied to Git repo. Your commit *MUST* make sense in
the Git. Now it does not.

Explain in cover letter what is the merging strategy. You can also
mention in patch changelog (---) that one patch must be applied
toogether with another.

Best regards,
Krzysztof