Re: [PATCH] serial: clps711x: reworked driver version

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On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:34:06 +0900
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 07:51:29PM +0400, Alexander Shiyan wrote:
> > This patch presents reworked version of CLPS711X serial driver.
> > The changes from the old version:
> > - Driver converted to platform_device.
> > - Using CPU clock subsystem for getting base UART speed, since CPU can run
> >   on different speeds.
> > - Remove console_initcall and make console dynamically. Earler messages in
> >   this case can be retrieved by using "earlyprintk" kernel option.
> > - Using resource-managed functions (devm_xx).
> > - Make all variables dynamically (reduce BSS).
> > - Cleanup code & comments.
> 
> That's a lot of different things, all at once, making it very hard to
> review.
> Can you please break this up into the individual patches of what you are
> doing above, one patch per thing, as is needed for Linux kernel patches?
> That way it is much easier to accept and review.

It's too hard to do, since each modification depends on the other...
Maybe make a patch through renaming, for example clps711x_uart? Or you
still insist to split it into separate patches?

-- 
Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@xxxxxxx>
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