Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] DTS: Pandora: fix panel compatibility string
From: Tony Lindgren
Date: Thu Nov 30 2017 - 10:24:40 EST
* H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [171128 18:35]:
> Hi,
>
> > Am 28.11.2017 um 17:18 schrieb Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > * H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [171128 16:17]:
> >> Hi Tony,
> >>
> >>> Am 28.11.2017 um 17:04 schrieb Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>
> >>> * H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [171128 15:52]:
> >>>> We can remove the unnecessary "omapdss," prefix because
> >>>> the omapdrm driver takes care of it when matching with
> >>>> the driver table.
> >>>
> >>> So is this needed as a fix or is this another clean-up?
> >>>
> >>> So is this is really needed as a fix?
> >>
> >> Hm. How do you differentiate between "fix" and "cleanup"?
> >> Maybe it is more a wording than a content issue...
> >>
> >> For me it is a "fix" because it is semantically wrong to have
> >> a prefix where it is not needed. And "fixing" it changes the
> >> compiler output by 8 bytes.
> >
> > How about let's call it a "typo fix" then? :)
>
> Well, it is not really a typo.
Well what if the stable people pick it into earlier stable series
based on the word fix in the subject? That has happened before.
I suggest you update the dts patches to use wording like
"update compatible to use new naming" or something similar.
Regards,
Tony