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From: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@linux.intel.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, wimax@linuxwimax.org, greg@kroah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/40] wimax: declarations for the in-kernel WiMAX API
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 17:04:28 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200812061704.28445.inaky@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081205.223754.166106378.davem@davemloft.net>

On Friday 05 December 2008, David Miller wrote:
> From: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@linux.intel.com>
> Date: Fri,  5 Dec 2008 10:54:55 -0800
>
> > Declares the main data types and calls for the drivers to integrate
> > into the WiMAX stack. Provides usage documentation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@linux.intel.com>
>
> This does:
>
> +#include <linux/wimax.h>
>
> which doesn't even exist yet.
>
> I understand what you're trying to do, chop things up into manageable
> pieces.  But this is taking it way too far.
>
> It's totally impossible to review this patch on it's own, because none
> of the necessary context exists at this point in the patch series.
>
> I read this and wanted to know what enum wimax_st was, but that is
> impossible to find because of this problem.

That was my mistake, sorry -- I thought I had piled them up in proper
dependency order, but seems I messed up.

> 40 patches is, a lot, and I've now gone through this both in my inbox
> and in my patch queue at patchwork.ozlabs.org 3 times.
>
> You need to compact this a lot more if you want people to
> review it without losing an entire day of their lives doing
> so.

Different people gave me varying feedback on this one--I'll see to compact
it some more and send a v4.

Thanks,

-- 
Inaky

  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-07  1:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-05 18:54 [PATCH 00/40] merge request for WiMAX kernel stack and i2400m driver v3 Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:54 ` [PATCH 01/40] wimax: documentation for the stack Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:54 ` [PATCH 02/40] wimax: declarations for the in-kernel WiMAX API Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-06  6:37   ` David Miller
2008-12-07  1:04     ` Inaky Perez-Gonzalez [this message]
2008-12-07  7:44       ` David Miller
2008-12-05 18:54 ` [PATCH 03/40] wimax: constants and definitions to interact with user space Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:54 ` [PATCH 04/40] wimax: internal API for the kernel space WiMAX stack Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:54 ` [PATCH 05/40] wimax: debug macros and debug settings for the " Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:54 ` [PATCH 06/40] genetlink: export genl_unregister_mc_group() Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 07/40] debugfs: add helpers for exporting a size_t simple value Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 08/40] wimax: generic WiMAX device management (registration, deregistration, etc) Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 09/40] wimax: Mappping of generic netlink family IDs to net devices Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 10/40] wimax: Generic messaging interface between user space and driver/device Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 11/40] wimax: RF-kill framework integration Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 12/40] wimax: API call to reset a WiMAX device Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 13/40] wimax: debugfs controls Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 14/40] wimax: Makefile, Kconfig and docbook linkage for the stack Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 15/40] i2400m: documentation and instructions for usage Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 16/40] i2400m: host-to-device protocol definitions Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 17/40] i2400m: core driver definitions and API Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 18/40] i2400m: Generic probe/disconnect, reset and message passing Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 19/40] i2400m: linkage to the networking stack Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 20/40] i2400m: debugfs controls Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 21/40] i2400m: rfkill integration with the WiMAX stack Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 22/40] i2400m: firmware loading and bootrom initialization Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 23/40] i2400m: handling of the data/control reception path Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 24/40] i2400m: handling of the data/control transmission path Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 25/40] i2400m: various functions for device management Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 26/40] i2400m/USB: header for the USB bus driver Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 27/40] i2400m/USB: error density tracking Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 28/40] i2400m/USB: main probe/disconnect and backend routines Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 29/40] i2400m/USB: firmware upload backend Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 30/40] i2400m/USB: handling of notifications from the device Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 31/40] i2400m/USB: read transactions from the USB device Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 32/40] i2400m/USB: write transactions to " Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 33/40] i2400m/SDIO: header for the SDIO subdriver Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 34/40] i2400m/SDIO: main probe/disconnect and backend routines Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 35/40] i2400m/SDIO: firmware upload backend Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 36/40] i2400m/SDIO: read transactions from the SDIO device Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 37/40] i2400m/SDIO: write transactions to " Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 38/40] i2400m: Makefile and Kconfig Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 39/40] wimax: export linux/wimax.h and linux/wimax/i2400m.h with headers_install Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-12-05 18:55 ` [PATCH 40/40] wimax/i2400m: add CREDITS and MAINTAINERS entries Inaky Perez-Gonzalez

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