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Re: [RFT 0/6] rtl8187se: Initial introduction of driver

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On 11/10/2009 07:34 AM, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:25:03AM +0100, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
>> Hi Larry,
>>
>>> Patches to introduce a driver for the RTL8187SE PCI-based device.
>>>
>>> Note: This driver is only compile-tested and will require more work
>>> for it to be useful. I'm posting now to let others know what I have done.
>>>
>>> I have applied for an account at kernel.org. If my request is approved, I
>>> plan to establish an rtl8187se git tree.
>>>
>>> Patch 1/6: Create file rtl8187se.h
>>> Patch 2/6: Create file rtl8187se_dev.c
>>> Patch 3/6: Create file rtl8187se_rtl8225.c
>>> Patch 4/6: Create file rtl8187se_rtl8225.h
>>> Patch 5/6: Modify file rtl818x.h
>>> Patch 6/6: Modify Kconfig and Makefile for rtl8187se
>>
>> so personally I don't think the split in a per file commit is helpful at
>> all. It adds no real value to the tree. For review and working around
>> the size limit of vger.kernel.org it is fine, but for the final merge I
>> prefer that all files are added in one commit.
> 
> Yes, I agree.

No problem. In fact, there is one gigantic patch on my system that I split
before the send. I will keep them split while the review/testing phase is
happening, then combine them for final submission.

Larry

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