Re: [PATCH] parisc-isa-eeprom: Fix loff_t usage

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On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 02:57:01PM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> Hang on a minute, this is an untested patch.  True, it will likely cause
> no harm, but it would be more usual to wait for the actual confirmation
> before declaring the problem fixed.
> 

I'd be shocked if anyone was actually in a position to test this at
all... I don't remember where I put my last Mongoose and HP VG ethernet
card... It looked fine to me though.

> I'm also very concerned about this:
> 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/2/107
> 
> That's a breach of standard maintainer protocol since you failed to copy
> the architecture list on the pull request.
> 
> Parisc is in a precarious position as a marginal architecture that isn't
> being produced any more.  Having duelling trees and maintainers is
> definitely very unhelpful because it could cause Linus to lose
> confidence in our ability as a community.
> 
> First things first, you need to agree on a single tree ... although it's
> perfectly possible to have multiple maintainers commit to it (x86 works
> this way), can we do this at least before the schizophrenia gets
> noticed?
> 

I think Helge was just upset that I wasn't merging things fast enough,
and, fair enough, I guess. I promise to rectify that, and if I don't, I
plan to step aside.

regards, Kyle
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