Re: Two rtlwifi drivers?

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Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 02:41:38AM +0000, Pkshih wrote:
>> 2) The rtlwifi in staging
>>    In staging, the module phydm v13 contains bugs, so I want to upgrade
>>    to v21 (Realtek internal version number). This upgrade contains a
>>    big patch that the difference between v13 and v21, and there are 
>>    40+ patches to support this upgrade. I have three options, and
>>    I want to know which one is prefer.
>
> We can't discuss patches we haven't seend.  Please just send them right
> away without any delay to both lists, and we can decide from there.
>
> 40 patches is a medium size set, patch that we are used to dealing with
> every day.

I review every patch I commit and 40 patches is just pure pain to dig
through. So when submitting patches to me please keep the size more
reasonable, like 10-12 patches per set. I think Dave also has a similar
rule for net patches.

I wrote a FAQ entry about this:

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#too_many_patches

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Kalle Valo
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