Re: [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: media: i2c: Add bindings for OX05B1S sensor driver
From: Laurent Pinchart
Date: Tue Oct 29 2024 - 08:11:03 EST
On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 07:14:28AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 28/10/2024 20:06, Mirela Rabulea wrote:
> > Add bindings for OX05B1S sensor driver
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mirela Rabulea <mirela.rabulea@xxxxxxx>
>
> <form letter>
> Please use scripts/get_maintainers.pl to get a list of necessary people
> and lists to CC. It might happen, that command when run on an older
> kernel, gives you outdated entries. Therefore please be sure you base
> your patches on recent Linux kernel.
>
> Tools like b4 or scripts/get_maintainer.pl provide you proper list of
> people, so fix your workflow. Tools might also fail if you work on some
> ancient tree (don't, instead use mainline) or work on fork of kernel
> (don't, instead use mainline). Just use b4 and everything should be
> fine, although remember about `b4 prep --auto-to-cc` if you added new
> patches to the patchset.
>
> You missed at least devicetree list (maybe more), so this won't be
> tested by automated tooling. Performing review on untested code might be
> a waste of time.
>
> Please kindly resend and include all necessary To/Cc entries.
> </form letter>
>
> Binding also looks very different than all other devices, so re-write it
> starting from EXISTING GOOD bindings. Not some downstream stuff.
Krzysztof, please point to a good example when making this kind of
comment.
> A nit, subject: drop second/last, redundant "bindings". The
> "dt-bindings" prefix is already stating that these are bindings.
> See also:
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.7-rc8/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst#L18
>
> A nit, subject: drop second/last "driver". Bindings are for hardware,
> not drivers.
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Regards,
Laurent Pinchart