From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [patch 0/28] Sync up drivers/scsi/aic7xxx Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:31:59 +0100 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040928153159.A2655@infradead.org> References: <4159611C.4030106@adaptec.com> <20040928141228.A1815@infradead.org> <415964D2.80808@adaptec.com> <20040928142133.A1956@infradead.org> <41596793.6040900@adaptec.com> <20040928143652.A2144@infradead.org> <41596A58.1060208@adaptec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:34323 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267823AbUI1OcB (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:32:01 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41596A58.1060208@adaptec.com>; from luben_tuikov@adaptec.com on Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:42:48AM -0400 List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Luben Tuikov Cc: Christoph Hellwig , SCSI Mailing List On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:42:48AM -0400, Luben Tuikov wrote: > > Yes, a gradual progression is exactly what I want to see. But based on > > _logical_ changes, aka fix this, rearchitect that, cleanup this. > > This isn't quite possible to be generated from a difference > of the latest version which I have from the version in > the linux kernel. They are just too far apart. This requires intensive manual work indeed. Splitting an enormous into logical pieces is an effort, but it usually pays off, both because of the additional review and better documentation. I'd suggest you apply rule 1 of every lazy hacker and try to solve an easier partial problem first instead of a full resync. Like merging over all those local small fixes.