Re: [v5 00/14] Add support for Bosch BNO055 IMU

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon May 02 2022 - 04:53:46 EST


On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 10:31 AM Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Il giorno lun 2 mag 2022 alle ore 09:48 Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:

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> > > BTW I have also gone through some kernel-robot reports; they also
> > > state "If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>". I'd say that it would
> > > be OK to add this tag to a patch that just fixes what is reported, but
> > > I'm unsure whether it is appropriate to add this tag to the patches in
> > > my series, because they add the code and the fix at once. Any advice
> > > here?
> >
> > For this we specifically amended the kernel documentation recently.
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#using-reported-by-tested-by-reviewed-by-suggested-by-and-fixes
> >
> > "The tag is intended for bugs; please do not use it to credit feature requests."
>
> Well, no any feature request to credit here; a bug and its fix are
> involved. Sounds more like a "yes" so far.. But it wouldn't be clear
> what the robot did report indeed (squashed bugs and fixes).. Maybe a
> "thank" in the cover letter also to it would suffice?

The reported from bots should be used when your patches.changes
induced by those reports, it seems otherwise in your case.,


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko