Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] update hwdw for gc400

[Christian Gmeiner]

Hi Sam,

> For future patches can you please incldue a small changelog
> within each patch.
>
> Something like
>
> v2:
>   - Drop redundant newlines (Lucas)
>
> This serves several purposes:
> - It explains what was changed since last version
> - It allow the reader to focus on changed parts
> - It attributes who requested a specific change
> - It gives a good idea of the history of a patch
>
> In the DRM sub-subsystem the idea is that if it is written it
> should be visible in git too. So include the changelog part in the
> normal commit-message.
>

To be honest.. I forgot the change log thing this time - sorry. So the rule
is to have the change log in the normal commit message?
Funny - Lucas told me something different:

"Please move those changelogs below the 3 dashes, so they don't end up
in the commit message. They don't really add any value to the
persistent kernel history."
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/13/107

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