linux-kernel - Re: bcm2835 (Raspberry Pi) KMS driver

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Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:53:28 -0700
From:	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
To:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Stefan Wahren <info@...egoodbye.de>
Cc:	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: bcm2835 (Raspberry Pi) KMS driver

Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org> writes:

> On 10/11/2015 06:39 AM, Stefan Wahren wrote:
>> Am 09.10.2015 um 23:27 schrieb Eric Anholt:
>>> This is a respin of the Raspberry Pi KMS series.  Now that we've got a
>>> real clock driver, I can actually set new video modes.  Also in this
>>> version, most of the custom DT stuff from before is gone, thanks to
>>> finding exynos's platform_driver component matching code (I have sent
>>> separate patches to drivers/base to make helpers for doing it).
>>>
>>> https://github.com/anholt/linux/tree/vc4-kms-squash-2
>>
>> I want to point out that git format-patch could prepare a nice cover
>> letter and usually the changelog should go there.
>
> Well, I guess you could put it there, but that wouldn't remove the need 
> to put the changelog in the individual patches too, so that reviewers 
> don't have to switch back and forth between different messages just to 
> find out what changed in each patch.
>
> +1 on sending the cover letter using git format-patch/send-email 
> thoughl; the threading here is a little odd.

I was using git send-email --compose.  I guess I'll play with
format-patch --cover-letter, but it seems odd that threading would be
any different between the two.

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