linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] drivers/mfd: make max drivers explicitly non-modular

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Date:	Mon, 4 Apr 2016 15:21:04 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...vell.com>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] drivers/mfd: make max drivers explicitly non-modular

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016, Paul Gortmaker wrote:

> [Re: [PATCH 0/7] drivers/mfd: make max drivers explicitly non-modular] On 04/04/2016 (Mon 09:11) Lee Jones wrote:
> 
> > How did you come up with the subject lines for these patches?
> 
> I just used the general default of:
>    <path_to_subsystem>: rest of subject
> 
> > 
> > Please do `git log --oneline -- <subsystem>`, as is normal when
> > submitting to mainline.
> 
> Just to be clear, looking at other mfd history, you want me to just
> drop the "drivers/" prefix ; i.e. change from:
> 
>    drivers/mfd: text text text driver.c text
> 
> ...to:
> 
>    mfd: text text text driver.c text
> 
> If so, that is no problem and I can do that for the next revision when I
> drop the patches pending tristate conversion that I wasn't aware of.

Current subsystem format is:

 mfd: sub-driver-name: Thing you're doing

Sub-driver-name doesn't require file extensions and 'Think that you're
doing" should start with an uppercase character.

(Royal-)We like straight lines and conformity. ;)

-- 
Lee Jones
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