Re: Applied "mfd: tps65218: add version check to the PMIC probe" to the regulator tree

Mark Brown
2016-08-31T16:02:47Z

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On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 03:50:18PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Aug 2016, Mark Brown wrote:

> > You acked it, that's saying that you're OK with the patch and are
> > expecting someone else to apply it.

> No it doesn't, you made that up. :)

> I know when you and some others Ack a patch, that's what you mean, but

That's the standard meaning I'm afraid, you're going to confuse people
if you do that. I'd suggest using a different tag if you want to do
this, probably make one up.

> you've been working with me for long enough to know that's not what I
> mean when I Ack a patch. I do it as an indication that I've reviewed
> the patch and I'm happy with it. Most MFD patches that have

Sorry but I'm not actually reading most of these threads, I've not seen
this behaviour. Mostly I just look at the relevant patches, especially
on the resends where presumably this has been happening. Not sure why I
even saw the ack here, perhaps I had some question about the versioning
API.

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