Am 24.01.2015 um 11:33 schrieb Sedat Dilek:
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hong Xu <hong@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> ath9k and ath9k_htc use the variable name "led_blink" to indicate
>>> whether the module parameter "blink" is on. This name is easy to
>>> conflict with other variables, thus they are renamed.
>>
>> Please state clearly that this fixes a compiler error found by kbuild.
>> Also it's very much recommended to add the actual compiler error to the
>> commit log:
>>
>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_htc.o:(.data+0x47c): multiple definition of `led_blink'
>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.o:(.bss+0x20): first defined here
>>
>
> Some more things...
>
> If you post a vN (referring to your v3) of a patch, please add a
> history of changes.
What kind of history do you wont to have here? Kernel log should not be
overloaded with patch preparation history.
> 2nd, use the Fixes tag [2] in this case with a reference to the
> culprit commit [1].
>
> Fixes: 3a939a671225 ("ath9k_htc: Add a module parameter to disable blink")
>
> Last but not least, honour credits like Reported-by/Tested-by (plus
> some infos like broken in Linux-next $VERSION).
>
> - Sedat -
>
> [1] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git/commit/?id=3a939a671225909c19b09bfcb6e4761109e913d9
> [2] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches#n159
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Regards,
Oleksij
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