No, the kernel definitely encourages submitting patch series instead of large changes. That's why git has the "git am" (apply mbox) command. Patches that are s

No, the kernel definitely encourages submitting patch series instead of large changes. That's why git has the "git am" (apply mbox) command. Patches that are submitted by external contributors are never squashed by maintainers (except to occasionally fix a bug that was discovered after the submission).