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Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:54:39 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:54:38 -0500 Message-Id: Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fixed the trailing whitespaces/commented code From: "Ethan Tidmore" To: "Greg KH" , "Aadarsh 7001" Cc: "Luka Gejak" , , , , , X-Mailer: aerc 0.21.0-0-g5549850facc2 References: <20260318021005.6346-1-aadarshmandal9354@gmail.com> <2A37C741-68A1-47E2-AB3D-833593B5C392@linux.dev> <2026031841-turban-sludge-c8c8@gregkh> <2026031814-unskilled-scrambler-3372@gregkh> In-Reply-To: <2026031814-unskilled-scrambler-3372@gregkh> On Wed Mar 18, 2026 at 10:11 AM CDT, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 08:36:21PM +0530, Aadarsh 7001 wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 5:09=E2=80=AFPM Greg KH wrote: >>=20 >> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 07:59:28AM +0100, Luka Gejak wrote: >> > > Hi Aadarsh, >> > > >> > > Thanks for submitting this patch, and good luck with your GSoC >> > application! >> > >> > Wait, what? Is GSoC doing staging patches for "entrance" into the >> > program? If so, SOMEONE needs to tell me this, otherwise I will have = to >> > treat all of these as an abuse of the community review process and jus= t >> > flat out reject all staging patches until the GSoC application process >> > is over. >> > >> This isn't ok, you all know better than to do this. >> > >> > Who is in charge of the kernel GSoC project this year? >> > >> > greg k-h >>=20 >> Sorry for the confusion, that wasn't my intention to abuse the community >> > review process. This is my effort to learn and contribute to the kerne= l. >> > I'll be extra care ful on this. Thank you for clarification. > > If you are applying for GSoC, this is not your fault. I want to know > who the mentors that asked you to send this patch, where is that > documented? > > thanks, > > greg k-h It's on the actual page for it [1]: Create a small patch that fixes a trivial issue in drivers/staging.=20 See points 1) and 2) below to learn the process. Only after this patch=20 is accepted by the community you can go and work on the next step. Thanks, ET [1] https://github.com/LinuxFoundationGSoC/ProjectIdeas/wiki/GSoC-2026-Devi= ce-Tree-Bindings