Re: [GIT PULL] platform-drivers-x86 for v7.4-1

From: Jonathan Corbet

Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 18:46:38 EST


Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 28 Oct 2026 at 09:26, Ilpo Järvinen
> <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Okay, thanks for the feedback. I'll try to leave more out the next time
>> and/or write it more directly to you specifically.
>
> So yes, it should be to me in the sense that it should explain the
> pull request, but I have actually suggested to people that what they
> should think about as a target audience is something like lwn or
> kernelnewbies or phoronix or similar.

I'd just like to say that the improvement in the merge messages over the
last N years have made the LWN job much easier, and they must be helpful
for anybody else who is wondering what's going on as well. Thanks to
everybody who puts in that effort!

jon