linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] HID: logitech-hidpp: add support for Logitech G533 headset

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Date:   Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:48:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Kamil Domański <kamil@...anski.co>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Nestor Lopez Casado <nlopezcasad@...itech.com>,
        Filipe Laíns <lains@...hlinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] HID: logitech-hidpp: add support for Logitech G533
 headset

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020, Kamil Domański wrote:

> Hi Jiri,
> I'm not sure what you mean by "proper changelog that should go to the
> commitlog".
> Is the commit message "HID: logitech-hidpp: add support for Logitech G533
> headset" inadequate?

That's a shortlog. But please provide also brief explanation of what the 
patch does and how. If I apply your patch as-is, this would have gone to 
the git commit as a changelog:

> > > Changelog:
> > >   v2:
> > >   - changed charging status parsing to account for invalid states
> > >   v3:
> > >   - rebased against Linux v5.7
> > >   - changed variable naming in hidpp20_adc_map_status_voltage
> > >     to camel case
> > >   - corrected comment styling in hidpp_battery_get_property
> > >   - dropped usage of test_bit macro in hidpp20_adc_map_status_voltage
> > >     to avoid using `long` type
> > >   - added bit flag definitions in hidpp20_adc_map_status_voltage
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Kamil Domański <kamil@...anski.co>

Which is definitely not how kernel commit logs look like -- just take a 
look at the changelogs in the kernel git repository for inspiration.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs