From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F82CA55; Mon, 7 Apr 2025 06:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1744005669; cv=none; b=nQ5FvMtzhORpv+IfpcTBHBXJcu/UbXWIdN/E4kN4cVcNZxmxLSzi93yyalhRHYOwp5C+6aV/EqDhYeel3deG/eXSHu5u/fzciotAGRfJr81DI2OvIuA3quc3cXqjKuyVDiyWG6iK4YDux+GHk2HJzmis19FdZm8z8TZR7jHI+Bo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1744005669; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Z6Fqcvp5ryP9ooTT394Ss/FaPlbkOeubIpLTrY6+BJQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=mn9EtbwTVNvWLPT1QtgWVhPmQkX/FGpHz65RhjojVG9/0Ta2/7WSKTdVzOWXEQyfPubzZaSZHsbdcS+vKiu2oQnJjYN0u66lXVeVdj9WLrCR0sdL82U336II7o4kxtMI5UTHk97uGnGB9QCbDJoj8pWldy50LQWlu73LKy0IduA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=OuQw0C5l; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="OuQw0C5l" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8DDDFC4CEDD; Mon, 7 Apr 2025 06:01:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1744005668; bh=Z6Fqcvp5ryP9ooTT394Ss/FaPlbkOeubIpLTrY6+BJQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=OuQw0C5l4JVCB7PSdCgcj3KMFHuSFs720kct7S022Mfk1gVzrc4a/0ivgXWBUO90M 7KNlexPfwMnB68cklpABpVAKebo/Xhpnuti95XOT2hs44luUno5eu/i0rnAVIstOm/ InXoNr8Xby/pz6PMdN6hCLHWunrKu1dvH9dpiIzk= Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 07:59:39 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Richard Akintola Cc: Samuel Abraham , outreachy@lists.linux.dev, sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com, teddy.wang@siliconmotion.com, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] staging: sm750fb: change function naming style Message-ID: <2025040711-refutable-monetary-f0c4@gregkh> References: <2025040538-breeze-espionage-dc6e@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 06:57:38AM +0100, Richard Akintola wrote: > On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM Samuel Abraham > wrote: > > > This looks like a new version of a previously submitted patch, but you > > did not list below the --- line any changes from the previous version. > > Please read the section entitled "The canonical patch format" in the > > kernel file, Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for what > > needs to be done here to properly describe this. > > > Hi Samuel, > > I sent the patches individually before, but I was instructed to send a > patch series. > > Given that I didn't change any code, should I still add version number > and sending > patch series as the difference? Yes. Think about it from our side, what would you want to see if you had to review hundreds of different patches a day? thanks, greg k-h