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Date:   Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:21:16 -0300
From:   Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <muriloo@linux.ibm.com>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/prom_init: remove linux,stdout-package property
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On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 07:37:37PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Hi Murilo,
> 
> Thanks for the patch.
> 
> Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <muriloo@linux.ibm.com> writes:
> > This property was added in 2004 by
> >
> >     https://github.com/mpe/linux-fullhistory/commit/689fe5072fe9a0dec914bfa4fa60aed1e54563e6
> >
> > and the only use of it, which was already inside `#if 0`, was removed a month
> > later by
> >
> >     https://github.com/mpe/linux-fullhistory/commit/1fbe5a6d90f6cd4ea610737ef488719d1a875de7
> >
> > Fixes: https://github.com/linuxppc/linux/issues/125
> 
> That is going to confuse some scripts that are expecting that to be a
> "Fixes: <some commit>" tag :)
> 
> The proper tag to use there would be "Link:".
> 
> But, I'd prefer we didn't add github issue links to the history, as I'm
> not sure they won't bit-rot eventually. Not because I'm a anti-Microsoft
> conspiracy person but just because it's a repo I set up and manage and
> there's no long term plan for it necessarily.
> 
> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c | 2 --
> >  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Including the link here would be ideal, as it means it doesn't end up in
> the commit history, but it does end up in the mail archive. So if we
> ever really need to find it, it should be there.
> 
> cheers

Hi, Michael.

Thanks for reviewing it.  I've sent v2 with your suggestions:

    https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180718161544.12134-1-muriloo@linux.ibm.com

Cheers

--
Murilo