# Re: \[PATCH v7 2/2\] backlight arcxcnn add support for ArcticSand devices

- From: Daniel Thompson \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-03-14 16:10:02 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2017/03/4954701
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2017/03/4953693/t.md

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On 14/03/17 15:53, Brian Dodge wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Yes checkpatch.pl was telling us this. I didn't think we had the
> "authority" to modify that file.

You don't really need authority to propose changes (e.g. send a patch). 
I guess you might attract sharp words from a maintainer if the proposed 
change were conspicuously reckless or extremely short sighted ("my use 
case is the only one that really matters") but I don't see any risk of 
that here.

Think of it like this: if folks with @arcticsand.com mail addresses 
don't try to document the vendor prefix, who will?


 > Is it OK if we put the
> vendor-prefixes.txt change in the first patch (device tree bindings) or
> so you think we should have an 0003 patch for just that?

Personally I'd add it as a new patch but I'd make it the *first* patch 
in the series.


Daniel.


PS Top posting *is* something that will eventually attract sharp words
    from some maintainers ;-)


> On 03/14/2017 06:16 AM, Daniel Thompson wrote:
>> On 13/03/17 18:22, Olimpiu Dejeu wrote:
>>> backlight: Add support for Arctic Sand LED backlight driver chips
>>> This driver provides support for the Arctic Sand arc2c0608 chip,
>>>     and provides a framework to support future devices.
>>> Signed-off-by: Olimpiu Dejeu <redacted>
>>
>> Please could you also submit a patch to add arc to
>> ./Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt.
>>
>> checkpatch.pl should have been asking you to do since v1 but only if
>> you test the patch series against a clean kernel (tools such as aiaiai
>> can help with this).
>>
>> However, once that is attended to:
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <redacted>
>>
>>
>> Daniel.
>

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