Re: [PATCH v3] docs: driver-api: fix 6 spelling typos in Documentation/driver-api
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Thu Mar 26 2026 - 05:44:35 EST
On 24/03/2026 18:19, Josh Law wrote:
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> On 24 March 2026 17:10:05 GMT, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Josh Law <objecting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>>> Acked-By: Josh Law <objecting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>> Patches like these are good clarification
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>>> Keep it up!
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>> I'm all for encouraging contributors, but an Acked-by from a random
>> contributor to a typo-fix patch, without having even bothered to trim
>> 100 lines of stuff, is not particularly helpful for maintainers. What
>> is your purpose here?
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>> Thanks,
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>> jon
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> Apologies Jon, I just like patches that fix typos, because when maintainers (or others..) have to read the code in let's say, 10 years, they will be able to understand the code easier.
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You have been asked like 10 or 20 times already to adjust to mailing
list style of replies. No improvements.
You did not get the point here about your Ack. You answered why the
patch is right, but that was not the question. Question was what is the
purpose of your Ack?
Best regards,
Krzysztof