Re: [PATCH] net: add new QCA alx ethernet driver

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 08:22 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:

> Yes, I sent signed-off patches to their original RFC submission
> (back last year?).  To me, this single large patch is like a
> snapshot of a git tree and not all contributors to that git
> tree should be noted as signers of the entire thing.

Ouch, that looks like we are losing all history.

One large patch should not be submitted. If it was developed in steps,
then it is best to show those steps when they are incorporated into the
Linux repository.

Sure, the patches may be reworked and folded together where appropriate,
but when I read "this single large patch is like a snapshot of a git
tree", that right there is a red flag.


-- Steve



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