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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 06/10] mmio: document ADMIN_VQ as reserved
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. -- MST
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