Re: [Outreachy kernel] [Patch 0/3]

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 09:57:00AM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> On Saturday, April 10, 2021 9:29:29 AM CEST Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 06:29:59PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > > This patch series removes camelcases, changes the type and use of a
> > > variable, and correct misspelled words.
> > > 
> > > Patch 1/3: staging: rtl8723bs: Remove camelcase in several files
> > > 
> > > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_cmd.c       |  2 +-
> > > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c      |  2 +-
> > > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c   | 18 +++++++++---------
> > > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c       |  2 +-
> > > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_dm.c    |  6 +++---
> > > .../staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_hal_init.c  |  2 +-
> > > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/sdio_ops.c       | 14 +++++++-------
> > > .../staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h    |  2 +-
> > > 8 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > Patch 2/3: staging: rtl8723bs: Change the type and use of a variable
> > > 
> > > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c        | 2 +-
> > > 
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h | 2 +-
> > >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > Patch 3/3: staging: rtl8723bs: include: Fix misspelled words in
> > > comments
> > > 
> > > .../rtl8723bs/include/Hal8192CPhyReg.h        |  8 ++---
> > > 
> > >  .../staging/rtl8723bs/include/basic_types.h   |  2 +-
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h |  2 +-
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/hal_com.h   |  2 +-
> > >  .../staging/rtl8723bs/include/hal_com_reg.h   | 34 +++++++++----------
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/hal_data.h  |  2 +-
> > >  .../staging/rtl8723bs/include/hal_pwr_seq.h   |  2 +-
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_cmd.h   |  6 ++--
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme.h  | 18 +++++-----
> > >  .../staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme_ext.h  |  2 +-
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mp.h    |  2 +-
> > >  .../staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h   |  2 +-
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h  |  4 +--
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_xmit.h  |  2 +-
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/sta_info.h  |  2 +-
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wifi.h      |  2 +-
> > >  16 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > Fabio M. De Francesco
> > 
> > I have no idea how you created this patch series, but I do not think it
> > worked well :(
> > 
> > Please use our standard tools, that do this all for you automatically,
> >
> Apart from the fact that I forgot to save the subject, I didn't know that 
> there are standard tools for doing Patch 0/N. Therefore I thought to make  
> an email message that contained the information about the patch series.
> 
> I was wrong, sorry. I have to research this topic in the git manual or 
> somewhere else.

'git format-patch --cover-letter main..HEAD' will to the trick, if you
are on a different branch from 'main'.  Then edit the 0000-* file and
then send them all off with 'git send-email'.

thanks,

greg k-h