linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] thermal: add brcmstb AVS TMON driver

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Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:48:41 +0800
From:   Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
To:     Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
Cc:     Markus Mayer <code@...yer.net>,
        Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Broadcom Kernel List <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Power Management List <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Device Tree List <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        ARM Kernel List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Markus Mayer <mmayer@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] thermal: add brcmstb AVS TMON driver

On Tue, 2017-08-15 at 08:42 +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> On 2017-08-15 08:08, Zhang Rui wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/thermal/broadcom/Kconfig
> > > b/drivers/thermal/broadcom/Kconfig
> > > index 42c098e..c106a15 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/thermal/broadcom/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/drivers/thermal/broadcom/Kconfig
> > > @@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ config BCM2835_THERMAL
> > >  	help
> > >  	  Support for thermal sensors on Broadcom bcm2835 SoCs.
> > >  
> > > +config BRCMSTB_THERMAL
> > > +	tristate "Broadcom STB AVS TMON thermal driver"
> > > +	depends on ARCH_BRCMSTB || COMPILE_TEST
> > > +	help
> > > +	  Enable this driver if you have a Broadcom STB SoC and
> > > would like
> > > +	  thermal framework support.
> > > +
> > I don't understand why I got the following checkpatch warning
> > 
> > WARNING: please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol
> > fully
> > #73: FILE: drivers/thermal/broadcom/Kconfig:9:
> > +config BRCMSTB_THERMAL
> > 
> > I didn't see this for other Kconfig changes.
> It's because your help message is only 2 lines long (instead of 3).
> 
> Some (many?) maintainers aren't pedantic about that, a common sense 
> should
> be applied ;)

thanks for explaining.
Patch 1 and 2 queued for next merge window.

-rui