linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/amd/display: fix spelling mistake: "Usupported" -> "Unsupported"

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Date:   Tue, 3 Apr 2018 13:02:08 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        David Zhou <David1.Zhou@....com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Harry Wentland <harry.wentland@....com>,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/amd/display: fix spelling mistake: "Usupported" ->
 "Unsupported"

On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 11:41:05AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, Jani Nikula wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 30 Mar 2018, Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
> > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> > >
> > > Trivial fix to spelling mistake in DRM_ERROR error message text
> >
> > Thanks for the patch.
> >
> > Please do consider limiting the distribution in the future,
> > though. There's no need to include lkml or even dri-devel for trivial
> > patches like this.
> 
> It's complex to have to remember the preferences for every subsystem.
> Preferences should be expressed in the MAINTAINERS file in some way.
> Also, since no one reads lkml, does it hurt to have even trivial patches?

I always tell people not to CC lkml when there is a smaller subsystem
list which can handle it but Linus said my advice was bad.

regards,
dan carpenter