Re: [PATCH resend] media: staging: stkwebcam: Restore MEDIA_{USB,CAMERA}_SUPPORT dependencies

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Nov 23 2022 - 05:31:16 EST


Hi Tommaso,

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 11:08 AM Tommaso Merciai
<tommaso.merciai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 04:58:33PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > By moving support for the USB Syntek DC1125 Camera to staging, the
> > dependencies on MEDIA_USB_SUPPORT and MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT were lost.
> >
> > Fixes: 56280c64ecacc971 ("media: stkwebcam: deprecate driver, move to staging")
>
> Patch itself looks good but we have some style issue. Applying this
> patch I got the following warning from checkpatchl:
>
> WARNING: Please use correct Fixes: style 'Fixes: <12 chars of sha1> ("<title line>")' - ie: 'Fixes: 56280c64ecac ("media: stkwebcam: deprecate driver, move to staging")'
> #10:
>
> You have to pass only the first 12 chars of the sha1 commit into Fixes
> msg:
>
> Use:
>
> Fixes: 56280c64ecac ("media: stkwebcam: deprecate driver, move to staging")
>
> Instead of:
>
> Fixes: 56280c64ecacc971 ("media: stkwebcam: deprecate driver, move to staging")

I always use 16 chars, to avoid these becoming ambiguous in a few years.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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