RE: [PATCH v7] USB: serial: cp210x: Add support for GPIOs on CP2108

[Pho Tran]

Hi Greg!
Should I send the Patch with new version (PATCH v8) or keep version of the Patch is v7?

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] USB: serial: cp210x: Add support for GPIOs on CP2108

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On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 08:17:42AM +0000, Pho Tran wrote:
> Hi Greg!
> I am grateful for your promptly reply!
>  Yesterday, I got the response from the kernel test robot with this message:
> " If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>".
> It's a reason why I added "Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>"
> to my new Patch.
> Could you tell me what I need to do in the next step to submit this patch to the kernel mainline?
> Once again, Thank you a lot!

If you fixed this as an add-on patch, yes it would belong in the
reported-by:  But as you are just fixing this up to a patch that has not been accepted yet, all you need to do is write it in the "what changed from the previous version" section of the changelog, below the --- line.

thanks,

greg k-h