Re: [PATCH RFT] net: Fix Neptune ethernet driver to check dmamapping error

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Fri Jul 20 2012 - 17:36:34 EST


On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 14:30 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Shuah Khan <shuah.khan@xxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:27:59 -0600
>
> > Request for testing, since I don't have the hardware to test.
>
> This is not how you post a patch.
>
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> When you put those "---..." there, GIT is going to eliminate everything
> afterwards from the commit mesage when I apply this. Yet afterwards
> is what your commit message actually is.
>
> You therefore should do things the other way around, provide the commit
> message text, then the "---..." line, then your comments you don't want
> in the final commit message.

Thanks. I had it reversed in my head for some reason. Maybe not enough
coffee :) Will resend the patch now.

-- Shuah

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