linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] mtd: spi-nor: Add some M45PEx ids

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Message-ID: <ea2db205a600f66ed3ec7224723a3e82@walle.cc>
Date:   Thu, 01 Jul 2021 12:02:42 +0200
From:   Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
To:     Hongwei Zhang <hongweiz@....com>
Cc:     Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...rochip.com>,
        Pratyush Yadav <p.yadav@...com>, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] mtd: spi-nor: Add some M45PEx ids

Hi Hongwei,

Am 2021-06-30 20:20, schrieb Hongwei Zhang:
>> Am 2021-06-29 17:08, schrieb Hongwei Zhang:
>>> Add some Micron M45PEx flash memeories into the IDs table.
>> 
>> Did you test all these flashes?
>> 
> No, the patch was added in porting drivers related to AST2600 EVB.

Please note, that all flashes which are added must be tested.

>>> Fixes: dd1e9367157f900616f (ARM: dts: everest: Add phase corrections
>>> for
>>> eMMC)
>> 
>> Bogus Fixes tag. First, I cannot find this commit id, which tree is
>> that? Secondly, adding new flash ids don't fix anything, esp not
>> something related to eMMC.
>> 
> Sorry for the confusion, I thought Fixes tag could be also used for 
> referencing
> the revision base for the patch to aplly on.
> I used dev-5.10 branch from https://github.com/openbmc/linux.git , 
> should I
> use a different repository?

AFAIK commits in fixes tags must be relative to Linus Torvalds' tree
(or a subtree must not rebase, like the networking trees, which means
they will end up in Torvalds' tree).

Anyway, this is not a fix and therefore there must be no Fixes: tag.

-michael