From: Ben Dooks <ben@simtec.co.uk>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: ben@fluff.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: gpiolib: add names file in gpio chip sysfs.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:47:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090929104734.GL2698@trinity.fluff.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090804164339.99667a23.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 04:43:39PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:55:36 +0100
> ben@fluff.org wrote:
> >
>
> Did you mean the commit to have an author of ben@fluff.org? I assumed
> not and rewrote it to
>
> Ben Dooks <ben@simtec.co.uk>
>
> If you indeed want a different Author: and Signed-off-by: line then
> please indicate that explicitly by putting a From: line at the top of
> the changelog.
sorry, occasionally whilst using quilt mail I get this wrong.
> As your MUA didn't fill in the real-name part of the From: address,
> it's nice to provide a From: line in the changelog so the patch
> receiver doesn't have to type it in.
>
> > Add a 'names' file to the sysfs entries for each chip to show which
> > have names.
>
> Why?
To export this information to the user. That was the only reason.
--
Ben
Q: What's a light-year?
A: One-third less calories than a regular year.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-29 10:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-03 16:55 gpiolib: add names file in gpio chip sysfs ben
2009-08-04 21:02 ` David Brownell
2009-08-04 23:43 ` Andrew Morton
2009-09-29 10:47 ` Ben Dooks [this message]
2009-09-29 19:34 ` Andrew Morton
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