Re: [PATCH 0/7] drm: KMS cleanup remove drm_mode_object dependency

[Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>]

On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, Shayenne Moura <shayenneluzmoura@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/19, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2018, Shayenne Moura <shayenneluzmoura@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > This patch serie removes drm_mode_object dependency from 
>> > drm_display_mode struct. This is part of KMS cleanup.  
>> 
>> For future reference:
>> 
>> Please use git-send-email or fix the mail threading otherwise. Patches
>> 1-7 should be in reply to the cover letter.
>> 
> Sorry about that, 
>> Please justify the changes in the commit messages. Your current commit
>> messages focus on *what* is being done, which is fairly obvious from the
>> changes themselves. Please try to describe *why* this is being
>> done. That's more important for posterity. (In this case, it's basically
>> explained in the FIXME comment being removed in patch 7, as well as
>> Documentation/gpu/todo.rst.)
>> 
>> BR,
>> Jani.
>> 
> Okay, thank you! But I should write on every patch why I am doing or
> just on the cover letter?

So this series is trivial enough that I can look the other way... ;)

But in general each patch should have a justification, even if just one
sentence in the commit message. The why. The commit messages get
recorded in git history, but the cover letter gets lost.

BR,
Jani.


>
> Bests,
> Shayenne
>> 
>> >
>> > Shayenne Moura (7):
>> >   drm: msm: Delete base.id prints
>> >   drm: Remove use of drm_mode_object
>> >   drm: omapdrm: Delete base.id prints
>> >   drm: i915: Delete base.id prints 
>> >   drm: sti: Delete base.id prints
>> >   drm: meson: Delete base.id prints
>> >   drm: Complete remove drm_mode_object dependency
>> >
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c                 |  5 ++---
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c                       |  9 ---------
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c               |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_dw_hdmi.c             |  9 ++++-----
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp4/mdp4_crtc.c         |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp4/mdp4_dsi_encoder.c  |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp4/mdp4_dtv_encoder.c  |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp4/mdp4_lcdc_encoder.c |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_cmd_encoder.c  |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c         |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_encoder.c      |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_manager.c             |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/edp/edp_bridge.c              |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_connector.c          |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c               |  4 ++--
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_crtc.c                    |  4 ++--
>> >  include/drm/drm_modes.h                           | 10 ++++------
>> >  17 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center