[PATCH] S3C24XX DMA resume regression fix

Sergey Lapin slapin at ossfans.org
Fri Jan 20 08:26:36 EST 2012


> > > >In commit bb072c3cf21d1c9a5a2eeb5a00679ee7bf39675b suspend/resume
> > > 
> > >    Please also specify that commit's summary in parens.
> > 
> > Could you please point me in direction of patch submission
> > guide where that is explained.
> 
> It's something that's been asked for by Linus - and as Linus can refuse
> to pull anything he doesn't like, it's something that we'd better satisfy
> if we want patches to hit mainline.
> 
> Like everything in kernel development, what's written in documentation is
> never the full story; things change through discussions on mailing lists,
> new guidelines get created, and the documents become stale.  That's the
> nature of this.
...
> The point is that if you include a commit ID, then you should include
> the summary, so people reading the commit message don't have to faff
> around trying to find out what you're referring to.
> 
> See, for example, http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/6/1/498

Thanks a lot for good explanation,

S.




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