linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL 0/7] EFI fixes for v5.7

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Date:   Fri, 22 May 2020 16:45:16 +0200
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Benjamin Thiel <b.thiel@...teo.de>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
        Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com>,
        Lenny Szubowicz <lszubowi@...hat.com>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Loic Yhuel <loic.yhuel@...il.com>,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...gle.com>,
        Mike Lothian <mike@...eburn.co.uk>,
        Punit Agrawal <punit1.agrawal@...hiba.co.jp>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 0/7] EFI fixes for v5.7

On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 16:04, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> Ard,
>
> Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> writes:
> > On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 15:40, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 03:06:20PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> >> > Ping?
> >>
> >> Did you want to make your tags unique from the next pull request onwards
> >> and I were supposed to pull this one as is?
> >
> > What usually happens is that Ingo applies the patches piecemeal,
> > ignoring the tag altogether, so without any coordination between you
> > as x86 maintainers or communication back to me, that is what i was
> > expecting to happen this time as well.
> >
> > Note that I have another PR pending since two weeks ago [0].
> >
> > So if you want to start dealing with the EFI trees in a different way
> > from now on, that is perfectly fine with me, but please align with
> > Ingo and Thomas first.
>
> /me dons managerial hat
>
> Yes, please. Your pull request really do not need any special handling.
>
> Please add a unique signed tag to each pull request and stick the
> description, e.g.
>
>  " EFI fixes for v5.7-rcX:
>    - fix EFI framebuffer earlycon for wide fonts
>    - avoid filling screen_info with garbage...."
>
> into the tag which gives us the merge commit message automagically.
>

Sure.

In that case, please pull these changes from

efi-fixes-for-v5.7-rc6

instead, and disregard the PR for v5.8. I will respin that, include
some patches that came in in the mean time, and tag it in the correct
way before resending the PR.