On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 08:36:59AM +0000, Nicholas Johnson wrote: > This patch adds support for two new kernel parameters. This patch has > been in the making for quite some time, and has changed several times > based on feedback. > > I realised I was making the mistake of putting it as part of my > Thunderbolt patch series. Although the other patches in the series are > very important for my goal, I realised that they are just a heap of > patches that are not Thunderbolt-specific. The only thing that is > Thunderbolt-related is the intended use case. > > I hope that posting this alone can ease the difficulty of reviewing it. > > Nicholas Johnson (1): > PCI: Add hp_mmio_size and hp_mmio_pref_size parameters > > .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 ++++++- > drivers/pci/pci.c | 17 ++++++++++--- > drivers/pci/pci.h | 3 ++- > drivers/pci/setup-bus.c | 25 +++++++++++-------- > 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) If you want to add cover letter in the "normal way" so that threading is preserved you can do something like 'git format-patch --cover-letter ...', then edit the 0000-...patch and send it along with the other patches using git send-email.