Re: [PATCH 5/7] dt-bindings: clk: meson: Add Amlogic T7 sys pll support

[Ronald Claveau]

On 2/18/26 12:10 PM, Ferass El Hafidi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:01, Ronald Claveau <linux-kernel-dev@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Add SYS PLL for the clock controller of the Amlogic T7 SoC family.
> 
> Your commit description is almost the same on every patch in the series.
> Probably having a more specific description per commit would be much more
> useful, for reviewers to better understand your commit.
> 
> There are documentation pages on how to write informative commit messages
> at [1] and [2], but in summary, your description should talk about *what*
> is being done and (provided that makes sense), *why*.
> 
> You also have multiple commits with the exact same commit message
> ("dt-bindings: clk: meson: Add Amlogic T7 sys pll support"), did you
> mean to squash them all into one? (You can do so with `git rebase -i`.)
> 
> It probably also would make sense to add a cover letter, which would
> describe
> overall what you goal is with this patch series, and on a high level
> (doesn't have to be too detailled, because you'd describe these in more
> detail in the respective commit messages themselves) what each patch does.
> This once again helps people reviewing your code to understand what problem
> you're trying to solve.
> 
> [1]: https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-
> patches.html#explanation-body
> [2]: https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-
> your-changes
> 

Thanks for your help Ferass, I definitely will.

I think I have misread this part of the doc :
"The Documentation/ and include/dt-bindings/ portion of the patch should
be a separate patch."

If I am allowed to combine the header and yaml doc in the same commit, I
will do so.

Best regards,
Ronald