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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 10:42:15 -0600 From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net> To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>, Jiri Kosina <trivial@...nel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH trivial 2/4] rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Spelling s/wrtie_addr/write_addr/ On 02/17/2017 10:19 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Larry, > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net> wrote: >> On 02/17/2017 09:36 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >>> As per symmetry with _rtl8821ae_dbi_read(), "wrtie" is not a funky >>> register acronym, but a simple misspelling of "write". >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be> >>> Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net> >>> Cc: Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn> >>> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org >> >> I'm not sure that it is possible to have a typo in a variable name. That >> seems to be within an author's prerogative. Nonetheless, the patch is OK > > ;-) > >> other than it was sent to the wrong destination. Patches for this driver > > MAINTAINERS has your name for drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/. > Perhaps that line should be dropped? The usual hierarchy is through me to Kalle, then to DaveM, and finally to mainline. >> should go through linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org. Kalle Valo is the wireless >> maintainer, but it is not necessary to send to him directly as he usually >> picks up the patches from Patchwork. > > I guess Jiri (trivial) will pick it up... The only potential problem would be conflicts arising from changes merging from two different directions. It applies to Kalle's wireless-drivers-next branch, and I will try to keep it in mind as additional patches are supplied to rtl8821ae. Larry
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