linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] x86/platform/UV: Update UV Hubless System Support

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1909052056210.1902@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 5 Sep 2019 21:02:23 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Mike Travis <mike.travis@....com>
cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@....com>,
        Russ Anderson <russ.anderson@....com>,
        Hedi Berriche <hedi.berriche@....com>,
        Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] x86/platform/UV: Update UV Hubless System Support

Mike,

On Thu, 5 Sep 2019, Mike Travis wrote:

> These patches support upcoming UV systems that do not have a UV HUB.
> 
> 	* Save OEM_ID from ACPI MADT probe
> 	* Return UV Hubless System Type
> 	* Add return code to UV BIOS Init function
> 	* Setup UV functions for Hubless UV Systems
> 	* Add UV Hubbed/Hubless Proc FS Files
> 	* Decode UVsystab Info
> 	* Account for UV Hubless in is_uvX_hub Ops

Can you please in future mark the next version of a patch or patch series
with [PATCH V2 n/M] so its clear that this is something different and also
add a quick summary what changed vs. V1? Adding to each patch which changed
a short change info _after_ the '---' discard line is also good practice
and helps reviewers to figure out which part needs to be looked at.

Thanks

	tglx