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Date:   Wed, 9 Jun 2021 11:50:13 +0300
From:   Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
To:     Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
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Subject: Re: [Backport for linux-5.4.y PATCH 2/4] ARM: OMAP2+: Prepare timer
 code to backport dra7 timer wrap errata i940
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* Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> [210609 07:31]:
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 09:58:44AM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > * Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> [210609 06:22]:
> > > On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 09:13:53AM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > > How about the following for the description:
> > > > 
> > > > Upstream commit 52762fbd1c4778ac9b173624ca0faacd22ef4724 usage of
> > > > struct dmtimer_clockevent backported to the platform timer code
> > > > still used in linux-5.4.y stable kernel. Needed to backport upstream
> > > > commit 3efe7a878a11c13b5297057bfc1e5639ce1241ce and commit
> > > > 25de4ce5ed02994aea8bc111d133308f6fd62566. Earlier kernels use
> > > > mach-omap2/timer instead of drivers/clocksource as these kernels still
> > > > depend on legacy platform code for booting.
> > > 
> > > Why are you combining 2 commits into one here?
> > 
> > OK so still too confusing, how about let's just have:
> > 
> > Upstream commit 52762fbd1c4778ac9b173624ca0faacd22ef4724 usage of
> > struct dmtimer_clockevent backported to the platform timer code
> > still used in linux-5.4.y stable kernel.
> 
> Why not just use the normal commit message with the "upstream commit..."
> message as the first line, and then in the s-o-b area add
> [backported to 5.4.y - tony]
> 
> That's the normal thing we do here for backporting.

OK sure works for me thanks. I will repost the series with
updated patch descriptions.

Regards,

Tony