linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] drm/i915/hwmon: expose fan speed

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Message-ID: <ZsXRndpkKKVWPj4B@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:38:05 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>
Cc: Raag Jadav <raag.jadav@...el.com>,
	Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...ux.intel.com>,
	jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com, joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com,
	tursulin@...ulin.net, airlied@...il.com, daniel@...ll.ch,
	linux@...ck-us.net, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, anshuman.gupta@...el.com,
	badal.nilawar@...el.com, riana.tauro@...el.com,
	ashutosh.dixit@...el.com, karthik.poosa@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] drm/i915/hwmon: expose fan speed

On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 05:49:23PM -0400, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 12:00:27PM +0300, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 12:57:54PM +0100, Andi Shyti wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 02:48:08PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

...

> > > I don't understand what interest might have someone in a couple
> > > of years, reading this commit, knowing an unintellegible list of
> > > differences between v2 and v3.
> > > 
> > > I consider it a random pollution of the commit log.
> 
> I agree it is ugly. But I don't agree it is just a 'random polution'.

Since lore is in place and under the control of LF, this _becomes_
a random pollution. Somebody needs to change some scripts and too
conservative workflows :-)

> I consider a valid and very useful information of the patch history.

So, we have a Link: tag. As long as the changelog was published there it's
being archived.

> Very useful for a later cross check to know what exactly version
> of that patch got merged.
> Useful for distros on backports as well.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko