Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] iio: fix spelling mistakes in comments

From: Jonathan Cameron

Date: Sun Mar 15 2026 - 09:08:12 EST


On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:40:07 +0530
Dhruva Gole <d-gole@xxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mar 11, 2026 at 15:09:27 +0530, Shi Hao wrote:
> > This series fixes spelling mistakes in comments across several IIO
> > subsystems to improve readability and code consistency.
>
> I just tried applying this series locally, on top of linux-next tag: next-20260310

Agreed. The series seems to have some corruption issues.

Linux-next is very unlikely target for pretty much anything!
Maybe it'll have the right patches at a given moment, maybe not.

>
> Could you please make sure to use git format-patch with the option --base HEAD~N
> where N is the number of your patches?
> This will help identify what you used as the base commit for all your
> changes. Make sure it's usually on top of the latest linux-next.
>
> I also ran checkpatch on them, and saw a bunch of errors and warnings,
> not sure if you've run it on your end and ensured it's clean?

I would very much take those warnings lightly. By all means check
them but I ran it on the first patch and it generated completely
incorrect changes because it was interpreting comment blocks
as code.

>
> >
> > v4:
> >
> > - Fix commit message grammar and punctuation across patches
> > - Keep 'whilst' instead of 'while'
> > - Rephrase sentence in chemical driver comment
> > - Capitalize IIO in comments
>
> Also, in the changelog, please add links to your previous revisions.
> This make reviewing things and getting context much easier.
>
> >
> > v3:
> >
> > - Change commit subjects as per changes
> > - Capitalize proper acronyms (IRQ) and Celsius
> > - Fix short wrap in commit body
> >
> > v2:
> >
> > - Split original patch into 6 commits
> > - Fixed commit message formatting and typos
> > - Added necessary tags in commits
> > - Added more fixes then previous
> >
> > Shi Hao (6):
> > iio: accel: fix typo celcius to Celsius
> > iio: adc: fix spelling mistakes in comments
> > iio: amplifiers: fix typo Curren to Current
> > iio: cdc: fix spelling mistakes in comments
> > iio: chemical: rephrase sentence and fix typo in comment
> > iio: common: fix spelling mistakes in comments
> >
> > drivers/iio/accel/adis16201.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/accel/adis16209.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/ad4030.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/ad4170-4.c | 6 +++---
> > drivers/iio/adc/ad7380.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/ad7887.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/ad7923.c | 4 ++--
> > drivers/iio/adc/at91_adc.c | 4 ++--
> > drivers/iio/adc/max1363.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/mcp3564.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/npcm_adc.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/palmas_gpadc.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/rohm-bd79124.c | 4 ++--
> > drivers/iio/adc/spear_adc.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/stm32-adc-core.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/stm32-adc.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/sun20i-gpadc-iio.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/ti_am335x_adc.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/twl4030-madc.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/adc/twl6030-gpadc.c | 4 ++--
> > drivers/iio/amplifiers/ada4250.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/cdc/ad7150.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/cdc/ad7746.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/chemical/bme680_core.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-attributes.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/common/inv_sensors/inv_sensors_timestamp.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/iio/common/ms_sensors/ms_sensors_i2c.c | 2 +-
> > 29 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.53.0
>