[PATCH 4/5] mfd: remove obsolete ti-ssp driver
Lee Jones
lee.jones at linaro.org
Wed Feb 26 17:00:04 EST 2014
> > > The tnetv107x platform is getting removed, so this driver
> > > is not needed any more.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> > > Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo at linux.intel.com>
> > > Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/mfd/Kconfig | 11 --
> > > drivers/mfd/Makefile | 1 -
> > > drivers/mfd/ti-ssp.c | 465 ---------------------------------------------------
> > > 3 files changed, 477 deletions(-)
> > > delete mode 100644 drivers/mfd/ti-ssp.c
> >
> > Applied, thanks.
>
> This makes me wonder whether you apply any patch you receive via email,
> or whether you read the covering email first.
I did (miss-)read the cover letter first.
> Arnd's 0/5 email said:
>
> However, I'm looking for an Ack from
> Cyril Chemparathy and Sekhar Nori first, to be sure we
> won't need this code in the future.
I read this to mean "looking for an Ack from Cyril and Sekhar for
patches which are due to go in via a different tree (ARM-SoC?)".
My apologies for misreading. Patch removed from MFD -next until I get
a further nod.
> This is exactly the reason why I'd now recommend that if people want to
> send out patches which they don't intend maintainers to take, that they
> use "[PATCH RFC" in the subject _and_ they make sure that the patch can't
> be trivially applied. That means maintainers have to (a) not notice the
> RFC in the subject, and _then_ they have to intentionally fix the patch
> before applying. Both taken together will be sufficient deterrent for
> this kind of mistake happening.
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Lee Jones
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