Re: [PATCH trivial 2/4] rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Spelling s/wrtie_addr/write_addr/

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Larry,

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> On 02/17/2017 09:36 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> As per symmetry with _rtl8821ae_dbi_read(), "wrtie" is not a funky
>> register acronym, but a simple misspelling of "write".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
>> Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
>> Cc: Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@realsil.com.cn>
>> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
>
> I'm not sure that it is possible to have a typo in a variable name. That
> seems to be within an author's prerogative. Nonetheless, the patch is OK

;-)

> other than it was sent to the wrong destination. Patches for this driver

MAINTAINERS has your name for drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/.
Perhaps that line should be dropped?

> should go through linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org. Kalle Valo is the wireless
> maintainer, but it is not necessary to send to him directly as he usually
> picks up the patches from Patchwork.

I guess Jiri (trivial) will pick it up...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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