Re: Fwd: [PATCH v14 0/3] PPS: pps-gpio PPS ECHO implementation

[tom burkart]

Quoting Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> On Thu, 2019-01-31 at 12:40 +1100, tom burkart wrote:
> > Quoting Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > --------
> > Subject	Re: [PATCH v14 2/3] dt-bindings: pps: pps-gpio PPS ECHO  
> > implementation
> >
> > I think this patch it's OK but I'm asking to myself if it should be
> > merged with
> > next one... logically it describes what patch 3/3 does so why do we  
> > keep them
> > separated?
> > -------
> > I have separated it because scripts/checkpatch.pl insists it needs to
> > be separated.
>
> checkpatch doesn't insist on anything.  It's a stupid script.
>
> Always prefer your best judgment over a stupid script.

Further references:

From Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt:

1) The Documentation/ and include/dt-bindings/ portion of the patch should
     be a separate patch. The preferred subject prefix for binding patches is:

     "dt-bindings: <binding dir>: ..."

Tom