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From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Mike Travis <mike.travis@hpe.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 02/13] x86/platform/uv: Remove SCIR MMR references for
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 02/13] x86/platform/uv: Remove SCIR MMR references for UVY systems.

You mean "UV" systems, right? Or are there "UVY" systems too? git grep
says no.

On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 03:39:18PM -0500, Mike Travis wrote:
> UV class systems no longer use System Controller for monitoring of CPU
> activity provided by this driver.  Other methods have been developed
> for BIOS and the management controller (BMC).  This patch removes that
> supporting code.

Avoid having "This patch" or "This commit" in the commit message. It is
tautologically useless.

Also, do

$ git grep 'This patch' Documentation/process

for more details.

I've fixed it up but please try not to do that in future patches.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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