linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/amd/display: fix spelling mistake: "Usupported" -> "Unsupported"

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Message-ID: <87o9j0a9nd.fsf@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 03 Apr 2018 13:04:22 +0300
From:   Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        David Zhou <David1.Zhou@....com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Harry Wentland <harry.wentland@....com>,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/amd/display: fix spelling mistake: "Usupported" -> "Unsupported"

On Tue, 03 Apr 2018, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr> wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> Please do consider limiting the distribution in the future,
>> though. There's no need to include lkml or even dri-devel for trivial
>> patches like this.
>
> It's complex to have to remember the preferences for every subsystem.
> Preferences should be expressed in the MAINTAINERS file in some way.

They are; it's just that get_maintainer.pl has silly defaults. There's
no reason it should include the full chain from the leaf driver to the
subsystem to the LKML by default, with a bunch of authors and commit
signers on top. Especially so for supported drivers. I'm surprised it
doesn't include Linus by default.

> Also, since no one reads lkml, does it hurt to have even trivial patches?

Heh. Let's just say I care more about dri-devel.


BR,
Jani.

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center