On 17-10-18, 09:41, sudheer.v wrote: Please add the change log describing the driver and its features > Signed-off-by: sudheer.v <open.sudheer@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_uart_dma.c | 1594 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 1594 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_uart_dma.c > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_uart_dma.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_uart_dma.c > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..e1019a8 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_uart_dma.c why is this in serial. It is dmaengine driver so belongs to drivers/dma/ like other controllers. Please move it out and resubmit. While doing resubmission please take some time to understand subsystem tags to use. (hint git log <subsystem> will tell you) Also series has [[PATCH] 8/9] whereas it should be [PATCH 8/9] please let git generate that for you (hint git format-patch start..end does a good job) > @@ -0,0 +1,1594 @@ > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > +/* > + * drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_uart_dma.c > + * 1. 2018/07/01 Shivah Shankar created > + * 2. 2018/08/25 sudheer.veliseti<open.sudheer@xxxxxxxxx> modified we dont use this log in kernel. I do not see s-o-b by Shivah, that should be added. I think he should be author and you need to list changes you did.. -- ~Vinod