On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 11:28 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 08:22 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > > Yes, I sent signed-off patches to their original RFC submission > > (back last year?). To me, this single large patch is like a > > snapshot of a git tree and not all contributors to that git > > tree should be noted as signers of the entire thing. > > Ouch, that looks like we are losing all history. > > One large patch should not be submitted. If it was developed in steps, > then it is best to show those steps when they are incorporated into the > Linux repository. > > Sure, the patches may be reworked and folded together where appropriate, > but when I read "this single large patch is like a snapshot of a git > tree", that right there is a red flag.
I don't think this has ever been a requirement for new drivers. The alterations to the description of atl1c ought to be broken out as a separate patch, though. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
