Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: re-export fw_fallback_config into firmware_loader's own namespace

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi Luis,

On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 02:14:20 +0000 Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > Fixes: "firmware_loader: remove unused exports"  
> > 
> > Can't help but notice this strange form of the Fixes tag, is it
> > intentional?  
> 
> Yeah, no there is no commit for the patch as the commit is ephemeral in
> a development tree not yet upstream, ie, not on Linus' tree yet. Using a
> commit here then makes no sense unless one wants to use a reference
> development tree in this case, as development trees are expected to
> rebase to move closer towards Linus' tree. When a tree rebases, the
> commit IDs change, and this is why the commit is ephemeral unless
> one uses a base tree / branch / tag.

That commit is in Greg's driver-core tree which never rebases, so the
SHA1 can be considered immutable.  This is (should be) true for most
trees that are published in linux-next (I know it is not true for some).

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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