linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: host: replace symbolic permission with octal

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:56:16 +0100
From:   "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Amit Kumar Kushwaha <kushwaha.a@...sung.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "akkushwaha9896@...il.com" <akkushwaha9896@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: host: replace symbolic permission with octal

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 01:49:02PM +0000, Amit Kumar Kushwaha wrote:
> This patch handles warning message for preferring octal
> permissions over Symbolic permission for module parameter

That makes no sense at all.  What warning message?  Build time?  Run
time?

Please do cleanup patches on drivers/staging/ until you know how to do
them, don't start on the "core" kernel, as you will just annoy
maintainers (hint, you cc:ed too many people...)

good luck!

greg k-h