Re: [PATCH v4] drm/i915/hwmon: expose fan speed

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 05:49:23PM -0400, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 12:00:27PM +0300, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 12:57:54PM +0100, Andi Shyti wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 02:48:08PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

...

> > > I don't understand what interest might have someone in a couple
> > > of years, reading this commit, knowing an unintellegible list of
> > > differences between v2 and v3.
> > > 
> > > I consider it a random pollution of the commit log.
> 
> I agree it is ugly. But I don't agree it is just a 'random polution'.

Since lore is in place and under the control of LF, this _becomes_
a random pollution. Somebody needs to change some scripts and too
conservative workflows :-)

> I consider a valid and very useful information of the patch history.

So, we have a Link: tag. As long as the changelog was published there it's
being archived.

> Very useful for a later cross check to know what exactly version
> of that patch got merged.
> Useful for distros on backports as well.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko