[PATCH v2 net-next 1/9] phy: phy-ocelot-serdes: add ability to be used in a non-syscon configuration

Lee Jones lee at kernel.org
Tue Mar 21 01:26:58 PDT 2023


On Mon, 20 Mar 2023, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 04:41:36PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Mar 2023, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 01:34:31PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > Once again netdev seems to have applied patches from other subsystems
> > > > without review/ack.  What makes netdev different to any other kernel
> > > > subsystem?  What would happen if other random maintainers started
> > > > applying netdev patches without appropriate review?  I suspect someone
> > > > would become understandably grumpy.
> > >
> > > Why again are you addressing your whinge to me? I'm not one of the
> > > netdev maintainers, but I've pointed out what happens in netdev
> > > land. However, you seem to *not* want to discuss it directly with
> > > DaveM/Jakub/Paolo - as illustrated again with yet another response
> > > to *me* rather than addressing your concerns *to* the people who
> > > you have an issue with.
> > >
> > > This is not communication. Effectively, this is sniping, because
> > > rather than discussing it with the individuals concerned, you are
> > > instead preferring to discuss it with others.
> > >
> > > Please stop this.
> >
> > Read the above paragraph again.
>
> You sent your email _TO_ me, that means you addressed your comments
> primarily _to_ me. RFC2822:
>
>    The "To:" field contains the address(es) of the primary recipient(s)
>    of the message.
>
>    The "Cc:" field (where the "Cc" means "Carbon Copy" in the sense of
>    making a copy on a typewriter using carbon paper) contains the
>    addresses of others who are to receive the message, though the
>    content of the message may not be directed at them.

You're over-thinking it.  I replied to all.

--
Lee Jones [李琼斯]



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