On 02/12/2014 02:25 PM, Dan Williams wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Richard Yao <r...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> You should use `git send-email` to send the patch to all of the people >> listed by get_maintainer.pl: > > I see nothing wrong with the patch Joe originally submitted: > http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=138609455422179&w=2 > >> >> richard@desktop ~/devel/linux $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl --file >> drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c >> "James E.J. Bottomley" <jbottom...@parallels.com> (maintainer:SCSI >> SUBSYSTEM) >> linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org (open list:SCSI SUBSYSTEM) >> linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org (open list) >> >> If I see that James E.J. Bottomley is already on CC for this discussion, >> but my recent (and first) experience submitting a patch for another >> subsystem was that they are ignored unless this strict procedure is >> followed. >> >> If the maintainer does not respond within a month after doing this, I >> suggest informing Linus Torvalds via email that the subsystem maintainer >> is non-responsive. >> > > Just re-ping James, he'll get to it... >
That was intended as generic advice. Sadly, I don't have a copy of the email headers for the original patch submission, so I can't inspect it. That being said, I am receiving these emails because I suggested Matthew to include the Gentoo kernel team alias on the CC list when I advised him to send this report upstream.
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