Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: Fixed Multiple Parenthesis Alignment

[Parth Sane <laerdevstudios@gmail.com>]

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> On 20-Mar-2016, at 10:03 PM, Roger H Newell <newell.roger@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mar 20, 2016 1:21 PM, "Parth Sane" <laerdevstudios@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On 20-Mar-2016, at 9:18 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2016-03-20 at 14:33 +0000, Parth Sane wrote:
> > >> Fixed multiple parenthesis alignment warnings.
> > >> Signed-off-by: Parth Sane <laerdevstudios@gmail.com>
> > >
> > > Please always add a blank line after your changelog and
> > > before your "Signed-off-by:" line
> > >
> > >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
> > > []
> > >> @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static u8 rtl8712_dl_fw(struct _adapter *padapter)
> > >>                                                     0x0000ffff);
> > >>                      memcpy(ppayload, ptr, dump_imem_sz);
> > >>                      r8712_write_mem(padapter, RTL8712_DMA_VOQ,
> > >> -                              dump_imem_sz + TXDESC_SIZE,
> > >> +                                    dump_imem_sz + TXDESC_SIZE,
> > >>                                (u8 *)ptx_desc);
> > >
> > > Please align all lines of multi-line statements.
> > >
> > > checkpatch is a stupid little script.
> > > You have to make sure your own patches are sensible.
> > >
> > > There are several things you should read and
> > > understand in the Documentation directory.
> > >
> > >       Documentation/CodingStyle
> > >       Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> > >       Documentation/SubmitChecklist
> > >
> > > Fixing checkpatch messages is sometimes a decent
> > > way to understand this process, but the patches
> > > that can be generated fixing these messages tend
> > > to have low overall value.
> > >
> > > After doing a few of these, please move on to
> > > some part of the kernel that interests you and
> > > submit new code or start to fix actual defects.
> > >
> > > Maybe if you are interested in wireless drivers,
> > > buy a NIC that isn't supported by the mac80211
> > > drivers and adapt the existing staging driver for
> > > that variant.
> > >
> > > Code, test, validate, submit, repeat...
> > >
> > Hi,
> > I’m first trying my hands at easy stuff before I actually move on to more difficult stuff. I will surely look in that direction. Thanks for your valuable inputs.
> > Regards,
> > Parth Sane
> >
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> 
> www.kernelnewbies.org is an excellent resource for getting started. Check out the first patch tutorial, it walks you through all the basics of creating and sending a properly formated patch. You're better off learning to do it right the first  time, if its not right the patch simply won't be accepted and you'll have to redo it anyway. Take some time to go through the tutorial I  mentioned. Good luck
> 
> Roger H. Newell
> 
Hi Roger,
Thanks for your comments. I’ve correctly submitted a patchset for the multiple FSF notices, maybe you can comment if its any good?. I’m through the rough patch and now understand the process now quite fairly.
I did checkout kernelnewbies.org before I submitted the patch, but alas I needed some practical XP.
Regards,
Parth Sane

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