Re: [PATCH] powerpc/prom_init: remove linux,stdout-package property

Murilo Opsfelder Araujo [off-list ref] writes:

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 07:37:37PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:

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Murilo Opsfelder Araujo [off-list ref] writes:

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This property was added in 2004 by

    https://github.com/mpe/linux-fullhistory/commit/689fe5072fe9a0dec914bfa4fa60aed1e54563e6

and the only use of it, which was already inside `#if 0`, was removed a month
later by

    https://github.com/mpe/linux-fullhistory/commit/1fbe5a6d90f6cd4ea610737ef488719d1a875de7

Fixes: https://github.com/linuxppc/linux/issues/125

That is going to confuse some scripts that are expecting that to be a
"Fixes: <some commit>" tag :)

The proper tag to use there would be "Link:".

But, I'd prefer we didn't add github issue links to the history, as I'm
not sure they won't bit-rot eventually. Not because I'm a anti-Microsoft
conspiracy person but just because it's a repo I set up and manage and
there's no long term plan for it necessarily.

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 arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Including the link here would be ideal, as it means it doesn't end up in
the commit history, but it does end up in the mail archive. So if we
ever really need to find it, it should be there.

cheers

Hi, Michael.

Thanks for reviewing it.  I've sent v2 with your suggestions:

    https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180718161544.12134-1-muriloo@linux.ibm.com

Thanks.

I had actually already applied the first version, but I didn't say that
in my email did I :}

So I've rebased and applied your v2, thanks.

cheers