linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] spi-sun6i: Fix chipselect/clock bug

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Date:   Mon, 24 May 2021 18:24:33 +0200
From:   Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@...tux.com>
To:     Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>
Cc:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mirko Vogt <mirko-dev|linux@...l.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] spi-sun6i: Fix chipselect/clock bug

On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 01:33:01PM +0100, Andre Przywara wrote:
> - Single patch set series don't bother to have a "1/1" after the
>   "PATCH".
> - You are expected to increase the version number when you send a new
>   version, to show that *this* is better than the previous post and
>   this version should be merged. Otherwise the maintainer might pick
>   the wrong version. "git format-patch -v2" and "git send-email" will
>   automatically take care of this.

OK I'll keep that in mind.

> Please keep in mind that text after the dashes doesn't make it in it
> repo, so this information would be lost there. Also, in general links in
> commit messages are somewhat frowned upon, since they tend to 404
> sooner or later. So ideally you can put a condensed version of your
> findings into the commit message? Don't worry if it grows long, it is
> not uncommon to have a 2 page commit message for a one-liner patch.

This was intentional, the commit message is only the upper part.
The Links were meant to give a lot of details why the patch fixes
something. I think the commit message already explains the condensed
findings. I've put this additional explanation text after the '---' to
not need an additional Patch 0/1 email ;-)

Thanks!
Ralf
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