linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] drm/atmel-hlcdc: fix broken release date

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Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:09:12 +0200
From:   Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
To:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
        Sean Paul <seanpaul@...omium.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] drm/atmel-hlcdc: fix broken release date

On 2018-04-18 09:44, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:10:52 +0200
> Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se> wrote:
> 
>> Bump the minor version while at it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
>> ---
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_dc.c | 4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_dc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_dc.c
>> index 8523c40fac94..aa48f287b5ca 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_dc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_dc.c
>> @@ -763,9 +763,9 @@ static struct drm_driver atmel_hlcdc_dc_driver = {
>>  	.fops = &fops,
>>  	.name = "atmel-hlcdc",
>>  	.desc = "Atmel HLCD Controller DRM",
>> -	.date = "20141504",
> 
> I guess I used YYYYDDMM format :-).
> 
>> +	.date = "20180409",
>>  	.major = 1,
>> -	.minor = 0,
>> +	.minor = 1,
> 
> Don't know what the strategy is regarding date and minor version
> updates. I never had to update that before, so I guess it's not
> important to userspace anyway.

I have no clue what strategy should be employed. I assume it's
for easier communication when features are backported into stable
or distro kernels and users wonder what to expect or for easier
triage of bug reports or something?? Anyway, I don't really care,
the date just looked really odd. So feel free to only patch the
.date to 20140415 or whatever. I'll drop this patch.

Cheers,
Peter

>>  };
>>  
>>  static int atmel_hlcdc_dc_drm_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
>