Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] dt-bindings: mfd: update TI tps6105x chip bindings

From: Lee Jones
Date: Tue Dec 10 2019 - 03:46:13 EST


On Mon, 09 Dec 2019, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote:

> Hi Lee, thank you for the review.
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 7:32 AM Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Tree: next-20191118
> >
> > Why is this in your commit message?
>
> I have been posting patches against various maintainer trees lately, which
> will not apply to mainline or next. So I have been including base tree
> information in the patch itself.
>
> Base-tree info on patches is high on developers' wish list, but not yet
> standardized. This was discussed at the 2019 kernel maintainers
> summit:
> https://lwn.net/Articles/803619/

NB: I haven't seen this discussion (or opened this link just yet).

It's no problem to have it in the submission, but it would be better
to have it *below* the '--' with the diff, such that if it is applied,
it doesn't end up in the kernel's Git history.

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