[alsa-devel] [PATCH v8] media: Add stk1160 new driver

[Ezequiel Garcia]

Hi Mauro,

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> On Mon August 6 2012 16:08:33 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>>> Em 06-08-2012 10:58, Ezequiel Garcia escreveu:
>>> > Hi Mauro,
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> This driver adds support for stk1160 usb bridge as used in some
>>> >> video/audio usb capture devices.
>>> >> It is a complete rewrite of staging/media/easycap driver and
>>> >> it's expected as a replacement.
>>> >> ---
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > I just sent v8, but it looks it wasn't received by patchwork either.
>>> >
>>> > What's going on?
>>>
>>> The patch didn't arrive at linux-media ML.
>>>
>>> Not sure why it got rejected at vger. I suggest you to ping vger admin
>>> to see why your patches are being rejected there.
>>>
>>> I tested parsing this patch manually and patchwork accepted. So, once
>>> the issue with vger is solved, other patches should be properly
>>> handled there.
>>
>> Could it be related to the fact that a gmail account is used? Konke Radlow
>> had a similar issue recently when he posted a patch from a gmail account. It
>> worked fine when posted from a company account.
>>
>
> FWIW, I've always sent my patches from git-send-email through my gmail account.
> Don't know if this is an issue, but it never seemed to.
>

On a second thought, perhaps it makes sense to have a git repo (on linuxtv.org)
for me to work on stk1160.
That way I could simply send "git pull" requests instead of patches.

I'm not sure if this is a better workflow and/or would allow for
easier reviewing.

Thanks,
Ezequiel.