linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] misc serdev: w2sg0004: add debugging code and Kconfig

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Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:29:25 +0100
From:   "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>
To:     Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Benoît Cousson <bcousson@...libre.com>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, letux-kernel@...nphoenux.org,
        kernel@...a-handheld.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] misc serdev: w2sg0004: add debugging code and Kconfig

Hi Andreas,

> Am 15.11.2017 um 16:53 schrieb Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Am 15.11.2017 um 16:19 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller:
>> This allows to set CONFIG_W2SG0004_DEBUG which will
>> make the driver report more activities and it will turn on the
>> GPS module during boot while the driver assumes that it
>> is off. This can be used to debug the correct functioning of
>> the hardware. Therefore we add it as an option to the driver
>> because we think it is of general use (and a little tricky to
>> add by system testers).
>> 
>> Normally it should be off.
>> ---
> 
> If you want to merge this, it is lacking a Sob.

Whats is a "Sob" in this context (https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/SOB)?

BR and thanks,
Nikolaus Schaller