Hi, your email client sends HTML-Emails. Can you switch this off? Maybe that's also the reason why your emails don't show up in the archives[0]! I will send my patches tomorrow, no time now. Regards, Matthias [0]: http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/pipermail/driverdev-devel/2014-June/thread.html On 26-06-2014 11:11:40, Kevin McKinney wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Matthias Beyer <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > On 26-06-2014 10:58:20, Kevin McKinney wrote: > > A A On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Matthias Beyer > <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > A A wrote: > > > > A A A Hi, > > > > A A A I have a question related to some patches I send in. > > > > A A A (I send them to devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, but they show up > in the > > A A A archives of this list... so I'm asking here) > > > > A A A I send 6 patch sets since the beginning of the month. Some of > them > > A A A where reviewed, some not. None of them is upstream by now. Did > > A A A something got stuck? > > > > A A A I did some research and found a message in the archives[0] > related to > > A A A the bcm driver. It seems that there is still work in progress > on this > > A A A driver, so I guess my patches are not obsolete, right? > > > > A A A I have more cleanup patchsets for this driver lying around > (about 70 > > A A A patches overall, ca 1/4 already submitted but not yet > applied). > > A A A I don't want to send all of them at once, as this just leads > to > > A A A confusion (as they are split up into 13 branches/patchsets). > > > > A A A I almost patched all files in the driver. My second iteration > would > > A A A contain some refactoring of the type / member names, moving > headers > > A A A around, maybe splitting files, etc. Is this okay for you? > > > > A A A Is there someone out there who actively works on the driver? > Maybe I > > A A A could send my patches to this person instead to the ML, so we > can > > A A A sync up our workflow to get this stuff done faster? > > > > A A Hi Matthias, > > A A I have been working on this driver for a while now. I am > currently fixing > > A A a 64 bit casting bug; and I think I have a fix but I trying to > get the > > A A hardware so I can test. A I believe it has to do with the ntohl > function > > A A only accepting 32 bit values, and not 64 bit. But I need the > hardware in > > A A order to test this theory. A We can work together to get this > driver > > A A completed faster if you like. A I can review your patches? Can > you resend > > A A your last iteration of patches? A I hope to have the hardware > soon, and we > > A A can really get some good testing going on. > > A A A > > Hi Kevin, > > I can send the patches, sure. Shall I send them directly to you or > with this ML in CC? Should I send the 6 already submitted patchsets or > should I submit all patches I have done so far? > > Yes, please send to ML and CC me. > A > > I guess you do just reviewing, greg k-h still applies them, right? > > Yes, Greg always reviews and applies patches. A There are also other > reviewers with a lot more experience than me :) > A > > I do not have the hardware, I do my patches, compile them and run them > through checkpatch.pl, but I have no hardware to test. All my patches > are just cleanup patches (line shortening, code simplifications, > oursourcing of code chunks into functions and the like), I just got > into kernel stuff (and I love doing it :-) ). > > That's okay about not having the hardware. > A > > -- > Mit freundlichen GrA 1/4A*en, > Kind regards, > Matthias Beyer > > Proudly sent with mutt. > Happily signed with gnupg. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Kind regards, Matthias Beyer Proudly sent with mutt. Happily signed with gnupg.
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