Hi Greg! Should I send the Patch with new version (PATCH v8) or keep version of the Patch is v7? -----Original Message----- From: 'Greg KH' <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 4:11 PM To: Pho Tran <Pho.Tran@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: 'Pho Tran' <photranvan0712@xxxxxxxxx>; 'johan@xxxxxxxxxx' <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>; 'linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' <linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 'linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Hung Nguyen <Hung.Nguyen@xxxxxxxxxx>; Tung Pham <Tung.Pham@xxxxxxxxxx>; 'Kernel test robot' <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] USB: serial: cp210x: Add support for GPIOs on CP2108 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 08:17:42AM +0000, Pho Tran wrote: > Hi Greg! > I am grateful for your promptly reply! > Yesterday, I got the response from the kernel test robot with this message: > " If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>". > It's a reason why I added "Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>" > to my new Patch. > Could you tell me what I need to do in the next step to submit this patch to the kernel mainline? > Once again, Thank you a lot! If you fixed this as an add-on patch, yes it would belong in the reported-by: But as you are just fixing this up to a patch that has not been accepted yet, all you need to do is write it in the "what changed from the previous version" section of the changelog, below the --- line. thanks, greg k-h