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RE: [PATCH v10 06/10] mmio: document ADMIN_VQ as reserved

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Jiri Pirko <>
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2023-03-08T18:22:00+00:00
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RE: [PATCH v10 06/10] mmio: document ADMIN_VQ as reserved
Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 05:30:21PM CET,  wrote:
>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.

One patch per change quite common everywhere. IDK, I don't see why that
would be a problem.

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>MST
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