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SubjectRe: [PATCH] toshiba: Use ioremap_cached

* Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> >
> > i suspect this shouldnt go via x86.git but i've queued it up to
> > track it.
>
> Please don't "queue things up to track them". Just queue them up to
> merge them, or don't queue them at all.
>
> Because if you queue it up then I will not. If you later for some
> reason unqueue it then volia, it is lost. We should aim to avoid
> having multiple copies of a patch sitting around the place.

but ... i dont just unqueue 'for some reason and then volia'. If we did
that we'd be losing patches left and right. Every patch we unqueue
happens in a very predictable protocol that should avoid patches getting
lost.

( basically we only remove any patch when they are broken but even then
there's a clear notification. Even a NAK or other fatal review
feedback does not actually remove a patch in the typical case when the
patch otherwise has practical use, and update is hoped for and the
patch does not break things - it just freezes the patch at the "must
not go upstream yet" end of the queue. )

if we lose any patches then let us know so we can improve the protocol.

> I shall not merge this patch - it is yours.
>
> > Is there an active maintainer for this file?
>
> drivers/char/*? Very rarely maintained. git-whatchanged tells the
> story on this one: no.

ok, we'll push it upstream via x86.git after some test period.

Ingo


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