Re: [PATCH v1] ALSA: hda- Add headset mic pin quirk for a Dell device

[David Henningsson <david.henningsson@canonical.com>]

On 2015-07-24 09:50, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 09:15:07 +0200,
> David Henningsson wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2015-07-24 08:54, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>> On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 06:50:42 +0200,
>>> woodrow.shen@canonical.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Woodrow Shen <woodrow.shen@canonical.com>
>>>>
>>>> Fix the headset mic that will not work on Dell desktop machine.
>>>> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1475553
>>>> Signed-off-by: Woodrow Shen <woodrow.shen@canonical.com>
>>>
>>> I have repeatedly received patches with the very same subject and with
>>> the very similar content but without further explanation.  It's too
>>> confusing.
>>>
>>> Please look through the git commit history of this file, and re-read
>>> your patch.  Then, consider a more useful subject / description, and
>>> resubmit the patch.
>>
>> Hi Takashi,
>>
>> We're doing enablement of machines and several of them need pin quirks
>> in order to have the headset mic working. Since these machines are
>> pre-release, we are not allowed to make the final name of the machine
>> public (e g, "Dell XPS 13"). For the same reason, we cannot give you
>> alsa-info either.
>>
>> Given this constraint, how do you suggest we improve the subject /
>> description? Or should we wait to submit upstream until the machine has
>> been released to the market?
>
> I don't mean to give alsa-info.sh output or such.  The problem is that
> it's always with the same subject and the same text.  How do you know
> it's for what and apply in which order?
>
> At least you should try the patch looks different with each other,
> describe the relationship with previous commits, etc.

Right, so merely change the semantics, like "One more headset quirk", 
"Yet another headset quirk", "a totally splendid headset quirk", "oh 
look it's a headset quirk", "a headset quirk for a sunny day", and so on?

The relationship with previous commits is that they fix the same problem 
for different machines, so they're usually independent of each other.

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