From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B85B8261B71 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2026 23:36:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1781048181; cv=none; b=O4mKExNVkfsB1Ipy8cAS02RdCG7gEqEMhiJt3+6qn8fD9Z11cRdrDbuXazuSwpUMtsMZz4cRckywKkrZiLkQsypRA+K1C4RESoXvl2V3Uw0LyPJSERTrHfeanol5wg/RdUNx+UtVASPfMtWw96EYST884rrvKwviJLJc3IS/1po= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1781048181; c=relaxed/simple; bh=XpXR6owPgXRVmlwp/c8uo2g3fGrjY9ZzRXhfrdh5Z4w=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type: Content-Disposition; b=QP2LMihH9bz9UQyJdhgA6DUu4Lg9rHZUQyc02887w9JdgPCKUq26I5JQ8VL+rR2CaDnkxck/K0lG/hV1xXVmQLNwEI+0w5RAr/rjiDVXb4YNpbwo+aqCHFlr5NKbMWp95nwOs/4Mb+5UVolWuxNlG26UmwvLjEKokTR+XlOwk0g= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=BSspygKu; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="BSspygKu" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) id 811BF1F00898; Tue, 9 Jun 2026 23:36:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 414291F00893; Tue, 9 Jun 2026 23:36:20 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1781048180; bh=XpXR6owPgXRVmlwp/c8uo2g3fGrjY9ZzRXhfrdh5Z4w=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject; b=BSspygKukj9O2xaPk6fGaR87CzVDXx4MhFQ7hzpwvtrknHAnRtsDuJ2LkF+ZjljYf R6r4dWYlW888n7I66BZ3PdKyF7H+pKfsfkwlgRo0aUs8cB9lMxaGvpWLQtUwYsMd8t jTKXy5lzjbYbCZ3KUkrqTe5Cr++qMzngzSxkTqx9vBrbJmA0UA5vRZiy+sTC9/9vNI 4PcQDNAz0V6YTsA3mhIdR1vV96OnO7jyd+7aF+cvOhI1llYLLEWnPkOOIuGaUaNvCM aW6M3KUklTzWY14xXt5gH1XZkEDPtGvZiDCaDNcNWP1kKaDH1jNEk735L5xrl7VGDC +6BWbNdB4ZtSA== Received: by finisterre.sirena.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 767BF1AC56BF; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:36:17 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:36:17 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Konstantin Ryabitsev Cc: tools@kernel.org Subject: b4 review can't use merge strategy when skipping patches Message-ID: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: tools@linux.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="YMcfvxzQSUDjRKbR" Content-Disposition: inline X-Cookie: Leave no stone unturned. --YMcfvxzQSUDjRKbR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hi, It's kind of annoying that b4 review can't use the merge strategy when applying a series that has skipped patches in it, it means there's no way to include a cover letter even if that cover letter is very good. Skipping is very common with multi-subsystem serieses, especially when DTS updates for some SoC or board are included along with a new driver. Thanks, Mark --YMcfvxzQSUDjRKbR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEreZoqmdXGLWf4p/qJNaLcl1Uh9AFAmooo3AACgkQJNaLcl1U h9DvmAf9E/Cx7N2oKLBkFY5LuBk98DppEUp9ndzaox8etXJSfwk1WHFoaj/yNOhT nj9gjOYzI5Ne7X0otbEiGBe1V/K77eCVspV3+Lszl4X0b5tPCSD2bGmub100GAoO AIPtkraueEak6W61jHykH7msed1vvXioHBHVQsmx9VGrNCaJc/WVhpotrojie0eX REsYUEbLMLEK5WoImvFuB4uUTKdJH5HVMWTUPJfYgdllJst3H9KhkTRWuwya7x21 xc0H2HpixKQT4TG0WOTh2ungbWVlGxMnKsxbAK+hjsDAhmsL7wlJJQh8KMK9/thj XqtAB2aDlmykUZBNg2Jxg/7CPTL3Tg== =UbzK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YMcfvxzQSUDjRKbR--