On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 1:42 PM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 11:51:04 +0300 Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 11:50 AM Andy Shevchenko > > <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:27 AM Chris Packham > > > <Chris.Packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 12/09/20 7:45 am, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > > > > > > I'm happy to route it to stable@ if you think it's worth it but I don't > > > > think there's a specific Fixes: reference that can be used. The current > > > > behavior appears to have been that way since before git (looks like we > > > > noticed in 2014 but it's taken me 6 years to nag people into sending > > > > their fixes upstream). > > > > > > JFYI: there is a history.git repository from History Group on > > > kernel.org. You may dig till the very beginning of the kernel (yes, > > > it's not properly formed Git history, but it will give you a hash > > > commit as a reference. > > > > Stephen, btw, does your scripts that validate Fixes, take into > > consideration references to history.git? > > I assuming you are referring to > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git No. I'm referring to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/ > I have found a few by hand in the past (I also missed a few), but I > guess I could expend the checks. > > Maybe that tree could be put somewhere that appears more permanent if > we are going to permanently refer to it? (Or has that happened already?) See above. I assume that History Group is something bigger than just Thomas. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
