[PATCH 0/7] realtek: add HPE 1920 support

[Sander Vanheule]

On Thu, 2022-07-28 at 15:10 +0200, Jan Hoffmann wrote:
> > This adds support for three switches from the HPE 1920 series. It has
> > been tested on HPE 1920-8G and HPE 1920-16G. Support for HPE 1920-24G
> > is also included, as it uses the same board as the 16-port model.
> > 
> > The patch series depends on the firmware-utils patch adding the
> > mkh3cimg and mkh3cvfs tools.
> 
> This patch series has just been merged. However, as mentioned in the 
> cover letter, it depends on new tools in firmware-utils. As the 
> corresponding patch series ("add tools for H3C devices") hasn't been 
> merged yet, this won't actually build.

I've pushed a revert commit to avoid breaking the builds.

Can someone explain why this whole series needed to be merged so quickly? These *7* patches have
only been posted on Saturday, and testing was performed for patches 2-4. At least patches 5-7
could've remained unmerged awaiting some further comments.

> 
> Please tell me if I should have made this dependency clearer in any way, 
> so I can avoid similar situations in the future.

It was plainly stated in the cover letter, I don't think you could have been any clearer about this
dependency.

Best,
Sander