linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Fix 2 typos

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Date:   Wed, 22 Jun 2022 19:59:26 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Zhang Jiaming <jiaming@...china.com>, tsbogend@...ha.franken.de
Cc:     linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        liqiong@...china.com, renyu@...china.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Fix 2 typos



On 6/22/22 07:46, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-06-22 at 07:28 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 6/22/22 02:07, Zhang Jiaming wrote:
>>> Change 'modifed' to 'modified'.
>>> Change 'relys' to 'relays'.
> []
>>> diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/executive/cvmx-helper-board.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/executive/cvmx-helper-board.c
> []
>>> @@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ union cvmx_helper_link_info __cvmx_helper_board_link_get(int ipd_port)
>>>   * support and should return the number of actual ports on the
>>>   * board.
>>>   *
>>> - * This function must be modifed for every new Octeon board.
>>> + * This function must be modified for every new Octeon board.
>>>   * Internally it uses switch statements based on the cvmx_sysinfo
>>> - * data to determine board types and revisions. It relys on the
>>
>>                                                       relies
>>
>> But it would be better to restrict this barrage (or swarm) of patches
>> to Kconfig help text problems and/or strings that are printed to users.
> 
> I believe fixing typos isn't a particular problem and is
> overall rather a good thing.

OK, I can agree with that.

> Though backporting these patches would be silly.

Ack.

-- 
~Randy