Re: [PATCH 0/8] staging: sm750fb: change function naming style

Greg KH <[email protected]> Mon, 7 Apr 2025 07:59:39 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.outreachy,dev.linux.lists.linux-staging,org.kernel.vger.linux-fbdev,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <2025040711-refutable-monetary-f0c4@gregkh>
On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 06:57:38AM +0100, Richard Akintola wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM Samuel Abraham
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > This looks like a new version of a previously submitted patch, but you
> >   did not list below the --- line any changes from the previous version.
> >   Please read the section entitled "The canonical patch format" in the
> >   kernel file, Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for what
> >   needs to be done here to properly describe this.
> 
> 
> Hi Samuel,
> 
> I sent the patches individually before, but I was instructed to send a
> patch series.
> 
> Given that I didn't change any code, should I still add version number
> and sending
> patch series as the difference?

Yes.

Think about it from our side, what would you want to see if you had to
review hundreds of different patches a day?

thanks,

greg k-h