Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dpaa2-mac: add support for more ethtool 10G link modes

Ioana Ciornei
2021-09-03T17:06:50Z

On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 03:11:36PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:

> > Thanks. I wonder why searching for it via google and also via patchworks
> > search facility didn't find it.
> >
> > So, it got incorrectly tagged by netdev maintainers, presumably because
> > they're too quick to classify a patch while discussion on the patch was
> > still ongoing - and there's no way for those discussing that to ever
> > know without finding it in patchwork. Which is pretty much impossible
> > unless you know the patchwork URL format and message ID, and are
> > prepared to regularly poll the patchwork website.
> >
> > The netdev process, as a patch submitter or reviewer, is really very
> > unfriendly.
>
> H Russell, Ioana
>
> It sounds like at LPC there is going to be a time slot to talk about
> netdev processes.

Is this on the Networking track? I didn't find any session that would
appear to target this topic.

> I would like to find out and discuss the new policy
> for the time it takes to merge patches. Patchwork issues, and the lack
> of integration with email workflows could be another interesting topic
> to discuss.

It would be interesting to have patchwork send a notification of some
sorts to the submitter when a certain patch set's state was changed.

Ioana