linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/12] staging: vt6655: Cleanup and rename function MACbSafeSoftwareReset

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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:47:34 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
Cc:     Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] staging: vt6655: Cleanup and rename function
 MACbSafeSoftwareReset

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 08:26:04PM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> On 9/13/22 12:12, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 12:46:04PM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> > > Rename function MACbSafeSoftwareReset to vt6655_mac_save_soft_reset and
> > > abyTmpRegData to tmp_reg_data to avoid CamelCase which is not accepted by
> > > checkpatch.pl. Remove return value bRetVal as it is unused by the calling
> > > functions.
> > Please don't mix this kind of stuff into a patch like this.
> > 
> 
> In the past Greg let me know that I used to many patches for a change in the
> same lines of code and that it would be easier for him to review when less
> patches do the same.
> 

It's some kind of an art to write patches that are easy to review...

regards,
dan carpenter