linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 0/6] Raspberry Pi Sense HAT driver

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Message-ID: <edd6e329-7575-ffcb-7e93-0ae881dc71fa@suse.com>
Date:   Tue, 6 Sep 2022 12:53:44 +0200
From:   Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@...e.com>
To:     Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>,
        Charles Mirabile <cmirabil@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@...il.com>,
        Serge Schneider <serge@...pberrypi.org>,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>,
        Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nicolassaenzj@...il.com>,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, rh-kdlp@...glegroups.com,
        Joel Slebodnick <jslebodn@...hat.com>,
        Joel Savitz <jsavitz@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/6] Raspberry Pi Sense HAT driver



On 06/09/2022 04:21, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 01:41:53PM -0400, Charles Mirabile wrote:
>> This patch series adds a set of drivers for operating the Sense HAT
>> peripheral device. This board is an add on for the Raspberry Pi that is
>> designed to connect using the GPIO connector and communicate via I2C.
>>
> 
> Better say "Add a set of drivers for Sense HAT peripheral add-on device
> for Raspberry Pi. The device is connected using GPIO connector and
> communicate via I2C".
> 

The cover letter won't be part of the git log, so as long as it's understandable 
it's OK. It makes no sense to review the wording...

Regards,
Matthias

>> This is a refactor of the work of Serge Schneider, the author of a
>> version of this driver that is currently in the Raspberry Pi downstream
>> kernel. We modified his code to make it suitable for upstream Linux.
>>
> 
> s/We modified his code/The driver code is modified/
> 
> Also, I see that description of individual patches is written in
> descriptive mood. However, it is preferable to write in imperative
> instead (see "Describe your changes" in
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst). The specific suggested
> wordings are in reply to each patch.
> 
> Thanks.
>