linux-kernel - Re: [v5 00/14] Add support for Bosch BNO055 IMU

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Date:   Mon, 2 May 2022 10:31:38 +0200
From:   Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@...il.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        linux-iio <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Matt Ranostay <matt.ranostay@...sulko.com>,
        Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@...il.com>,
        jmondi <jacopo@...ndi.org>,
        Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@....it>
Subject: Re: [v5 00/14] Add support for Bosch BNO055 IMU

Il giorno lun 2 mag 2022 alle ore 09:48 Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@...il.com> ha scritto:
>

[ .. ]

> > BTW I have also gone through some kernel-robot reports; they also
> > state "If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>". I'd say that it would
> > be OK to add this tag to a patch that just fixes what is reported, but
> > I'm unsure whether it is appropriate to add this tag to the patches in
> > my series, because they add the code and the fix at once. Any advice
> > here?
>
> For this we specifically amended the kernel documentation recently.
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#using-reported-by-tested-by-reviewed-by-suggested-by-and-fixes
>
> "The tag is intended for bugs; please do not use it to credit feature requests."

Well, no any feature request to credit here; a bug and its fix are
involved. Sounds more like a "yes" so far.. But it wouldn't be clear
what the robot did report indeed (squashed bugs and fixes).. Maybe a
"thank" in the cover letter also to it would suffice?

> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko