linux-kernel - Re: RISC-V: add Star64 board devicetree

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 14:41:01 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>, Henry Bell <dmoo_dv@...tonmail.com>,
 linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
 Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@...il.dk>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
 Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, Paul Walmsley
 <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
 LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RISC-V: add Star64 board devicetree

>>> Don't worry about Markus, most maintainers (myself included) ignore his
>>> comments on patches. The commit message here is fine.
>>
>> Would such a response mean also that you are occasionally ignoring requirements
>> from a referenced Linux development guideline?
>
> I do ignore it from time to time, yes. Being a stickler to the
> guidelines wastes everybody's time (just like this discussion).
> That said, the tense used in this patch is perfectly in-line with the
> guideline you reference.

Partly, yes.


> "Add Star64 board devicetree" is in the imperative

This information fits to the summary phrase.


> and the commit message body contains additional information about
> the board's configuration.

I hope that further contributors can follow the recommendation better
also for the imperative mood in changelogs.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.9#n94

Regards,
Markus