Re: [PATCH v4] staging: ks7010: fix block comment style

From: Tobin C. Harding
Date: Sun Apr 30 2017 - 05:37:37 EST


On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 03:01:32PM +0200, Ilia Sergachev wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:20:21 +0200
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Nope, the whole thing still doesn't apply:
> >
> > checking file drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c
> > Hunk #1 FAILED at 230.
> > Hunk #2 FAILED at 343.
> > Hunk #3 FAILED at 1137.
> > Hunk #4 FAILED at 1189.
> > Hunk #5 FAILED at 1225.
> > Hunk #6 FAILED at 1497.
> > Hunk #7 FAILED at 1569.
> > Hunk #8 FAILED at 1596.
> > Hunk #9 FAILED at 1970.
> > Hunk #10 FAILED at 2105.
> > Hunk #11 FAILED at 3351.
> > 11 out of 11 hunks FAILED
> >
> > What tree/branch are you making this patch against?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
>
> Ok, I was using torvalds/linux instead of next/linux-next.
> In fact, the style fixes on this file were already done in 'next'.
> So, thank you all for your patience, and sorry about lost time,
> these were the necessary lessons for me - I'll find now something else
> to fix :)

If you are attempting fixes to staging drivers you may like to base
your patches off Greg's staging tree

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git/

The branch you want is either staging-next or staging-testing.

Hope this helps,
Tobin.