Re: [PATCH v10 0/4] ACPI: parse the SPCR table

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 12:48:47PM -0700, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/21/2016 10:22 AM, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 09/21/2016 07:38 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:19:35AM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 5:37 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > > <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > I thought you asked Rafael to take them, they are not in my queue
> > > > > anymore because of that.  Don't try to shop-around for maintainers
> > > > > please, that's kind of rude...
> > > > 
> > > > In Aleksey's defense, these patches have been floating around for far
> > > > too long, so I can understand his frustration.
> > > 
> > > I understand the frustration as well, cross-maintainer messy patches
> > > like this are hard to get merged at times at they fall between the
> > > cracks a lot.
> > > 
> > > > But as you said, I really hope Rafael picks these up for 4.9.  We need
> > > > these patches for ARM server.
> > > 
> > > I thought I saw an email saying he would do so, but it might have been
> > > for some other patchset, sorry...
> > 
> > This can be for "ACPI: ARM64: support for ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE":
> > 
> > 	https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAJZ5v0goXsQ2umcDXU0six+QtxcKGZq7mxhgxuvXTH2iZt6YNA@mail.gmail.com
> > 
> > As for this patchset, Rafael ACKed the ACPI part:
> > 
> > 	https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAJZ5v0hdoLTfjrD8+WxSoxM48dqbZK2KwY_h+63kHKHKgO=JFA@mail.gmail.com
> > 
> > but I can not find any acknowledge from him that he is ready to merge the series.
> > On the contrary, he expressed his doubt that he is "the right maintainer to send this to":
> > 
> > 	https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAJZ5v0gzjtFzig7nEumr83+J2dGb+OA8GNR2i45ZqznfV_hA-A@mail.gmail.com
> > 
> > I asked the ARM64 people, they said they prefer Rafael to do that:
> > 
> > 	https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160909151758.GA11418@arm.com
> > 
> > I interpreted the silence from Rafael as unwillingness to pull the series
> > and thought it's OK to ask you.
> > 
> > I am sorry if this looks rude for Rafael, I did not mean that.
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Can you give advise on how to deal with this situation please?
> 
> It looks like Rafael does not want to pull the patches.  Some time ago he wrote:
> 
> "Honestly, I'm not sure why I'm regarded as the right maintainer to send this to.
> 
> The only patch here touching generic ACPI code is [3/5] (the [2/5] is
> going in through ACPICA) and the rest is all about ARM64 AFAICS.  Why
> don't you send it to the ARM64 maintainers instead?"
> 
> (https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAJZ5v0gzjtFzig7nEumr83+J2dGb+OA8GNR2i45ZqznfV_hA-A@mail.gmail.com)
> 
> ARM64 maintainer said
> 
> "The series should go via Rafael, since the bulk of the changes are
> outside of arch/arm64."
> 
> (https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160909151758.GA11418@arm.com)
> 
> So should I continue to try to reach Rafael or ask another maintainer?
> Can you pull it for 4.9?

crazy, no one wants to touch this :)

So, do you have acks from all of the relevant people?  If so, sure, I
can take it, can you resend me a full copy of the patches and I'll queue
them up?

thanks,

greg k-h