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Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] PCI patches for 2.6.24-rc1
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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 14:37:31 -0800 (PST)

> So let me one more say:
> 
>  - don't just say 
> 
> 	.. was cured by commit xyz
> 
>  - but add the one-liner description of the commit, something along the 
>    lines of
> 
> 	.. was cured by commit xyz ("PCI: Add quirk for devices which 
>         disable MSI when INTX_DISABLE is set.")
> 
> so that the commit messages are readable even outside git.

I agree, and I've been trying to get into the habit of
doing this even though I didn't this time.