Re: [PATCH] Rectify spelling and grammar

From: Hans Verkuil
Date: Tue Mar 16 2021 - 04:28:00 EST


On 16/03/2021 09:16, Xiaofeng Cao wrote:
> Hi Hans Verkuil,
>
> I'm sorry to make you confused. Please use Xiaofeng Cao <caoxiaofeng@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:caoxiaofeng@xxxxxxxxxx>>

Thanks, I've updated this to keep checkpatch happy.

BTW, for your next patch: it is good practice to add a prefix of the driver you
are patching, so:

[PATCH] radio-si476x: rectify spelling and grammar

That way we know in which driver the change is.

Regards,

Hans

>
> Gmail.com is my personal email while yulong.com <http://yulong.com> is my company email which is in trouble when communicating with the
> Linux kernel.
>
> According to relevant regulations, I have to use the company mailbox to indicate company information.
>
> Best regards,
>
>     Xiaofeng
>
> Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx>> 于2021年3月16日周二 下午3:45写道:
>
> Hi Xiaofeng Cao,
>
> The patch is good, but scripts/checkpatch.pl <http://checkpatch.pl> complains about a mismatch:
>
> WARNING: From:/Signed-off-by: email address mismatch: 'From: Xiaofeng Cao <cxfcosmos@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:cxfcosmos@xxxxxxxxx>>' !=
> 'Signed-off-by: Xiaofeng Cao
> <caoxiaofeng@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:caoxiaofeng@xxxxxxxxxx>>'
>
> Which is the one I should use?
>
> Regards,
>
>         Hans
>
> On 11/03/2021 08:20, Xiaofeng Cao wrote:
> > Change 'inaccesable' to 'inaccessible'
> > Change 'detrmine' to 'determine'
> > Delete 'in' grammatically
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xiaofeng Cao <caoxiaofeng@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:caoxiaofeng@xxxxxxxxxx>>
> > ---
> >  drivers/media/radio/radio-si476x.c | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/radio-si476x.c b/drivers/media/radio/radio-si476x.c
> > index 23997425bdb5..b39a68f83c5f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/radio/radio-si476x.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/radio/radio-si476x.c
> > @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static struct v4l2_ctrl_config si476x_ctrls[] = {
>
> >       /*
> >        * SI476X during its station seeking(or tuning) process uses several
> > -      * parameters to detrmine if "the station" is valid:
> > +      * parameters to determine if "the station" is valid:
> >        *
> >        *      - Signal's SNR(in dBuV) must be lower than
> >        *      #V4L2_CID_SI476X_SNR_THRESHOLD
> > @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ struct si476x_radio;
> >   *
> >   * This table holds pointers to functions implementing particular
> >   * operations depending on the mode in which the tuner chip was
> > - * configured to start in. If the function is not supported
> > + * configured to start. If the function is not supported
> >   * corresponding element is set to #NULL.
> >   *
> >   * @tune_freq: Tune chip to a specific frequency
> > @@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ static int si476x_radio_s_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
> >       case V4L2_CID_RDS_RECEPTION:
> >               /*
> >                * It looks like RDS related properties are
> > -              * inaccesable when tuner is in AM mode, so cache the
> > +              * inaccessible when tuner is in AM mode, so cache the
> >                * changes
> >                */
> >               if (si476x_core_is_in_am_receiver_mode(radio->core))
> >
>