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Message-ID: <9b3e7728-5e84-4ca7-9bab-caa8e5190ccb@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:53:08 -0800
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To: Tony Lindgren <tony.lindgren@...ux.intel.com>,
 Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>
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 Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/26] coco/tdx-host: Introduce a "tdx_host" device

On 1/26/26 01:52, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 06:55:12AM -0800, Chao Gao wrote:
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-host/tdx-host.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +/*
>> + * TDX host user interface driver
>> + *
>> + * Copyright (C) 2025 Intel Corporation
>> + */
> Just a nit, the year has changed so could be updated.

Folks, please stop this.

You can ask an patch author *if* this should be updated. But if they're
just last year's work, then the year needs to stay 2025. This isn't some
mechanical thing that you flip over when the year changes. You change it
when you meaningfully change the work.