linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] video/logo: remove orphan .pgm Makefile rule

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Message-ID: <ec760546-b320-4b14-a792-916ec552a3ea@ixit.cz>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 18:18:31 +0100
From: David Heidelberg <david@...t.cz>
To: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@...nel.org>, Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>, Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] video/logo: remove orphan .pgm Makefile rule

On 02/01/2026 18:13, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> On 02/01/2026 at 17:34, David Heidelberg wrote:
>> On 30/12/2025 23:20, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
>>> The kernel has no actual grey-scale logos. And looking at the git
>>> history, it seems that there never was one (or maybe there was in the
>>> pre-git history? I did not check that far…)
>>>
>>> Remove the Makefile rule for the .pgm grey scale images.
>>
>> Great to see this series.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>> I think the Fixes: tag should still go here, even if it is not very
>> specific.
> 
> But then, what do I put in the fixes tag? This:
> 
>    Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> 
> ?

Yes

> 
> I am not sure it is worth bothering the stable team for something that
> isn't causing any real harm.

That was my original thinking as well, but the Fixes tag is not only 
about stable backports. It is also used for tracking, tooling, and 
documentation, so stable picking up such patches is just one of its 
purposes.

David

> 
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> Vincent Mailhol
> 

-- 
David Heidelberg