On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 19:33:49 +0300 Nikita Shubin wrote: > On Tue, 2024-06-18 at 07:33 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 12:36:34 +0300 Nikita Shubin via B4 Relay wrote: > > > The goal is to recieve ACKs for all patches in series to merge it > > > via Arnd branch. > > > > Why? The usual process is for every subsystem to accept the relevant > > patches, and then they converge during the merge window. > > It was decided from the very beginning of these series, mostly because > it's a full conversion of platform code to DT and it seemed not > convenient to maintain compatibility with both platform and DT. > > Generally i think it's too late to ask such a question, when just a few > patches left. Put the relevant information in the cover letter. Justification why you can't follow normal merging rules is very relevant.