Re: [PATCH 01/10] drivers/i2c/busses: Don't let i2c adapters declare I2C_CLASS_SPD support if they support I2C_CLASS_HWMON

[Heiner Kallweit]

On 23.11.2023 21:57, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> 
>> Series was created supported by Coccinelle and its splitpatch.
> 
> I don't know splitpatch. However, I don't understand its result. Why
> isn't there one patch for all in drivers/i2c/busses? Also, the subject
> prefix should be plain "i2c: <do x for all drivers>" or something.
> 

AFAIK splitpatch uses get_maintainer.pl and creates one patch per
maintainer(s). It's not smart enough to group changes per module.
What I see is that the subject prefix often is based on personal
preference of the subsystem maintainer, so far I don't see a rule.
Therefore splitpatch seems to use the longest common part of file
path's of grouped patches.

I'd appreciate hints on maybe better tools for creating patches for
tree-wide changes. If possible I'd like to avoid having to manually
split and adjust the patches.