linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] DTS: Pandora: fix panel compatibility string

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Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 08:18:34 -0800
From:   Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:     "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>
Cc:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Benoît Cousson <bcousson@...libre.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
        Sean Paul <seanpaul@...omium.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        letux-kernel@...nphoenux.org, kernel@...a-handheld.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] DTS: Pandora: fix panel compatibility string

* H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@...delico.com> [171128 16:17]:
> Hi Tony,
> 
> > Am 28.11.2017 um 17:04 schrieb Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>:
> > 
> > * H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@...delico.com> [171128 15:52]:
> >> We can remove the unnecessary "omapdss," prefix because
> >> the omapdrm driver takes care of it when matching with
> >> the driver table.
> > 
> > So is this needed as a fix or is this another clean-up?
> > 
> > So is this is really needed as a fix?
> 
> Hm. How do you differentiate between "fix" and "cleanup"?
> Maybe it is more a wording than a content issue...
> 
> For me it is a "fix" because it is semantically wrong to have
> a prefix where it is not needed. And "fixing" it changes the
> compiler output by 8 bytes.

How about let's call it a "typo fix" then? :)

> "Cleanup" would be for me removing whitespace or empty lines
> or typos in comments.
>
> > If this is just clean-up, again, please resend once the driver
> > changes have cleared.
> 
> There is no change to the pandora driver involved here. The Pandora
> panel driver is already correct. Just the DTS has some redundant
> content which should be removed.
> 
> So there is no dependency for this patch.

OK please resend separately after the driver changes have merged
then.

Regards,

Tony