Re: [PATCH] powerpc/prom_init: remove linux,stdout-package property

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Thu Jul 19 2018 - 08:03:30 EST


Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <muriloo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 07:37:37PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <muriloo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> > This property was added in 2004 by
>> >
>> > https://github.com/mpe/linux-fullhistory/commit/689fe5072fe9a0dec914bfa4fa60aed1e54563e6
>> >
>> > and the only use of it, which was already inside `#if 0`, was removed a month
>> > later by
>> >
>> > https://github.com/mpe/linux-fullhistory/commit/1fbe5a6d90f6cd4ea610737ef488719d1a875de7
>> >
>> > Fixes: https://github.com/linuxppc/linux/issues/125
>>
>> That is going to confuse some scripts that are expecting that to be a
>> "Fixes: <some commit>" tag :)
>>
>> The proper tag to use there would be "Link:".
>>
>> But, I'd prefer we didn't add github issue links to the history, as I'm
>> not sure they won't bit-rot eventually. Not because I'm a anti-Microsoft
>> conspiracy person but just because it's a repo I set up and manage and
>> there's no long term plan for it necessarily.
>>
>> > ---
>> > arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c | 2 --
>> > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> Including the link here would be ideal, as it means it doesn't end up in
>> the commit history, but it does end up in the mail archive. So if we
>> ever really need to find it, it should be there.
>>
>> cheers
>
> Hi, Michael.
>
> Thanks for reviewing it. I've sent v2 with your suggestions:
>
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180718161544.12134-1-muriloo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks.

I had actually already applied the first version, but I didn't say that
in my email did I :}

So I've rebased and applied your v2, thanks.

cheers