On 10/10/2015 02:20 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 12:12:44PM -0700, Anish Kumar wrote: >> >>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 11:45 AM, Ivan Safonov <insafonov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I have a large patch in the 2000 lines, which replaces the macro BITn to >>> BIT(n) in multiple files. >> I will recommend sending RFC patch first and >> Get the community comments. > No, we just ignore RFC patches, we have too many "real" patches to deal > with. > >> If they like your patch then divide the patch based on logic rather than lines of codes. >>> Is it worth to split this patch into several parts? > Yes. > >>> Is it sufficient to place the changes in each file in a separate part of >>> patchset? > Make it one-patch-per-driver. > > But note, cleanup patches like this are usually ignored by most > subsystems, be aware that this type of thing is only usually accepted in > the drivers/staging/ portion of the kernel. > > good luck! > > greg k-h The catch is that this patch is only to one driver. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
