From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Al Viro Subject: Re: [PATCH] [374/2many] MAINTAINERS - PCNET32 NETWORK DRIVER Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:18:06 +0100 Message-ID: <20070813071806.GG21089@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <46bffb4c.nrqicrPs7IJXlgQ0%joe@perches.com> <20070812.233630.00455011.davem@davemloft.net> <1186987609.10249.22.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, pcnet32@verizon.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org To: Joe Perches Return-path: Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:42028 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S941127AbXHMHSK (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:18:10 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1186987609.10249.22.camel@localhost> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 11:46:49PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Sun, 2007-08-12 at 23:36 -0700, David Miller wrote: > > Ok, 374 patches is just rediculious. > > > > So many patches eats up an enormous amount of mailing list resources, > > and for these patches in particular there are few reasons to split > > them up at all. The fact that the split up landed you at 300+ patches > > is a very good indication of that. > > More than ridiculous. Completely agree. > > I tried to send 1 patch over the last couple of days. > Unfortunately, it's > 100KB and disappears into the void. So put it on anonftp/webpage/git tree and post the URI, damnit. Of all ridiculous reasons for a mailbomb...