From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751018AbbECGhw (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 May 2015 02:37:52 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-f44.google.com ([209.85.220.44]:34880 "EHLO mail-pa0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750918AbbECGhp (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 May 2015 02:37:45 -0400 Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 12:07:33 +0530 From: Sudip Mukherjee To: Jean Delvare Cc: Greg KH , Dan Carpenter , One Thousand Gnomes , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 WIP 1/4] parport: add device-model to parport subsystem Message-ID: <20150503063733.GA12351@sudip-PC> References: <1430220623-8738-1-git-send-email-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> <20150502162053.5dd0b1a8@endymion.delvare> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150502162053.5dd0b1a8@endymion.delvare> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 04:20:53PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Sudip, > > On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:00:20 +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > another WIP for your review. since this is not a formal patch for > > applying so writing the comments here. > > You should still provide a proper description as if the patch was ready > to be committed. Ultimately the descriptions are going to be part of > the commits, so they need to be reviewed too. > > The history is good to have too for now, but it should go after the > "---" separator, as it won't be part of the commit. should i then send a v5 of WIP with proper commit message? I will mention the WIP history as comments in my formal patch also. And I guess, formal patch will take some time. After Alan has tested I need to work on the documentation also. > > > v4: use of is_parport() is introduced to check the type of device that > > has been passed to probe or match_port. > > > > > > v2 had one more problem: it was creating some ghost parallel ports > > during port probing. from v3 we have the use of parport_del_port > > to remove registerd ports if probing has failed. > > Spelling: "registered". > > (As pointed out by ./scripts/checkpatch.pl - did you run it on each > patch?) while working on the code I will be checking with: git diff | scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict - so the change in the code is properly checkpatch tested. and for formal submission of patches I will check again after writing the commit message. But since this was just a WIP and not a formal patch submission so I have not checked after writing the comments. > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee > > --- > > drivers/parport/parport_pc.c | 4 +- > > drivers/parport/procfs.c | 15 ++- > > drivers/parport/share.c | 266 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > > include/linux/parport.h | 41 ++++++- > > 4 files changed, 308 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) > > (...) > > Patch tested, no functional regression found. > > Tested-by: Jean Delvare Thanks Jean. Should i add your Tested-by: to the main patch and the patch concerning the changes to i2c-parport? regards sudip > > -- > Jean Delvare > SUSE L3 Support