linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 00/19] irqchip: crossbar: driver fixes

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Message-ID: <1402678104.3509.1.camel@joe-AO725>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:48:24 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
Cc:	Sricharan R <r.sricharan@...com>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tony@...mide.com,
	santosh.shilimkar@...com, nm@...com, rnayak@...com,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 00/19] irqchip: crossbar: driver fixes

On Fri, 2014-06-13 at 12:37 -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 09:14:34AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2014-06-13 at 11:01 -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > > Please format the subject lines like so:
> > > 
> > >   irqchip: crossbar: Set cb pointer ...
> > >                      ^
> > >                      |
> > >                      \-- note the capitalization
> > 
> > I suggest you don't make this a rule and focus
> > on more important stuff instead.
> 
> It's not my rule.  ;-)

Who's rule is it then?

Documentation/SubmittingPatches simply says:

The canonical patch subject line is:

    Subject: [PATCH 001/123] subsystem: summary phrase

It doesn't say anything about capitalization.

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