RE: [PATCH] lis3lv02d: Add STMicroelectronics lis33ldlh digital

From: AnilKumar, Chimata
Date: Wed Jan 18 2012 - 02:51:54 EST


Hi Andrew,

Thanks for reviewing the patch

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 05:17:02, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:32:47 +0000
> "AnilKumar, Chimata" <anilkumar@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Recalling the patch, provide the comments if there are any if not please include
> > this patch to v3.3 kernel.
>
> The patch is all mangled by someone's email client. Wordwrapping, mime
> crap which my MUA can't decrypt, etc.

My bad, in a hurry I have sent a mail by doing "reply to all" that makes
all this non-sense will not repeated again.
Thanks for your patience here.

...snip...

>
> A pet peeve which I haven't told anyone about. If you've cc'ed someone
> on a patch then I want to cc them on the patch too. That means I have
> to add their Cc: lines to the changelog. But such Cc: lines include
> their real names. By omitting their real names in the above fashion,
> you cause extra hassle for me. Ideally, you should add their Cc: to
> the changelog as well as to the mail headers, to give thsoe people the
> best chance of seeing what is happening with the patch.
>

Above comment applies here as well.

> >
> > ..
> >
> > +static ssize_t lis3lv02d_range_show(struct device *dev,
> > + struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> > +{
> > + lis3lv02d_sysfs_poweron(&lis3_dev);
> > + return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", lis3_dev.g_range);
> > +}
>
> Are these interfaces documented anywhere? If so, please update that
> documentation. If not, why not ;)

Yes, these interfaces are documented at
"Documentation/misc-devices/lis3lv02d" but range is not included
there, which is added in this patch. Will be updated and send it
as a separate patch.

>
> > @@ -809,15 +881,33 @@ static ssize_t lis3lv02d_rate_set(struct device *dev,
> > return count;
> > }
> >
> > +static ssize_t lis3lv02d_range_set(struct device *dev,
> > + struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
> > + size_t count)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long range;
> > +
> > + if (strict_strtoul(buf, 0, &range))
>
> checkpatch would have told you that strict_strtoul() is deprecated.
> Please always use checkpatch.
>

Somehow I missed this, I will update with "kstrtoul". I have to update
the same API in other set function.

>

Thanks
AnilKumar

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