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Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] Blackfin arch: add kdebug header file
From: "Wu, Bryan" <bryan.wu@analog.com>
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On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 23:45 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I can see nothing wrong with your patches, but you should make the
> patch descriptions a little clearer:
> 

Thanks Arnd. I posted almost ten patches yesterday. Converting ten
patches to preformatted Emails is terrible manually, you know.

How does a kernel guru to do this, send out dozens of patch emails a
day? Is there any convenient tools to help this?

> On Monday 26 March 2007, Wu, Bryan wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> 
> No need for this line, if it's there, Andrew just needs to remove
> it from the changelog.
> 
> > This patch adds kdebug.h header file to blackfin architecture.
> 
> This line is completely redundant, as it states the same information
> as the subject. You should give some background information here,
> like:
> 
> kdebug.h is needed for kprobes.
> 
> For trivial patches where the subject already tells the whole story
> (e.g. 'remove redundant declaration of foo'), just leave out the
> description entirely except for the Signed-off-by.
> 
> 	Arnd <><
> you can even leave out the description

I really appreciate your warmly advice.

Best Regards,
Bryan