Re: [PATCH 0/8] staging: sm750fb: change function naming style

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Apr 07 2025 - 02:01:16 EST


On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 06:57:38AM +0100, Richard Akintola wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM Samuel Abraham
> <abrahamadekunle50@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > This looks like a new version of a previously submitted patch, but you
> > did not list below the --- line any changes from the previous version.
> > Please read the section entitled "The canonical patch format" in the
> > kernel file, Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for what
> > needs to be done here to properly describe this.
>
>
> Hi Samuel,
>
> I sent the patches individually before, but I was instructed to send a
> patch series.
>
> Given that I didn't change any code, should I still add version number
> and sending
> patch series as the difference?

Yes.

Think about it from our side, what would you want to see if you had to
review hundreds of different patches a day?

thanks,

greg k-h