On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 06:52:03PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
>
> And I wonder whether it's worth it - it definitely makes contributing to Linux
>
> harder, and even within Linux it pushes contributors away.
> The number of virtio spec contributors are in order of magnitude less
> than Linux kernel or just the Linux netdev. Patch split up reduces
> lot of time author and reviewers. For example, interrupt moderation
> at v10 can be very easily split up where prep patch can have RB tag
> and v11 doesn't need reviewers and author's time. Your work here with
> 10 patches is yet another good example of it. I remember Max and I
> started with 6 patches... and current 10 are more useful way to split
> them.
It's a big project though. All I ask is that we try to be gentler
than netdev to new contributors. If there's a 10 line patch it is
not necessary to be pedantic and ask for it to be split up to
a 3 patch series.
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