On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 09:56:24PM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote: > On 7/15/23 22:14, Tree Davies wrote: > > Philipp, > > > > I think I understand what I did wrong. Each of these original patches were > > created/based from the same commit hash. So it makes sense that only the > > first one applied would apply cleanly and the others would fail. > > > > My apologies, > > Tree > > Hi Tree, > > you could work this way if you ensure that each patch does not modify code > (and some lines above and below) a previous patch modified. But it is not a > good way to do so. Existing tools assume that you create your commits onto > each other and then make patches out of them. > > Another issue right now is that approximately 18 patches send in and are > possibly applied (for rtl8192e). Your patches need to fit onto those > patches. Otherwise they cannot be applied and will be rejected. > > Typically Greg applies all patches once a week. But it seems that he has a > bunch of other more urgent tasks. So you need to focus on other kernel > related task like educate yourself or prepare patches without sending them > in. > > Thanks for your support. > > Bye Philipp > Thnaks Philipp, No worries, I'm patient, and happy to help any way I can. I have hardware coming in the mail this week! I already have 3 mPCIe rtl8192e devices, but I am waiting on the PCIe adapter card for my test machine. I'm stoked. :) Tree
