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Subject: Re: tps65090-charger: Delete an error message for a failed memory
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To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
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>> I am still waiting for possibilities to improve also the corresponding
>> reference documentation somehow as you know it already.
> 
> If you require someone else to update the documentation to be able to
> explain why the patch is useful,

My approach is to refer to the Linux allocation failure report.


> then it would seem that you do not know why the patch is useful,
> and thus should not submit it.

We tried to clarify other explanation approaches a few times.

But it seems that we are stuck with specific software aspects.
How would you like to see remaining open issues to be resolved there anyhow?

Regards,
Markus