Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:26:49 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 for 2.6.32] SFI - Simple Firmware Interface support |
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* Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > > > Feng Tang (10): > > > SFI, x86: add CONFIG_SFI > > > SFI: document boot param "sfi=off" > > > SFI: create include/linux/sfi.h > > > SFI: add core support > > > ACPI, x86: remove ACPI dependency on some IO-APIC routines > > > SFI: add x86 support > > > SFI, x86: hook e820() for memory map initialization > > > SFI: Enable SFI to parse ACPI tables > > > SFI, PCI: Hook MMCONFIG > > > SFI: add boot-time initialization hooks > > > > Now that commit quality is all the rage, let me point out a > > (trivial) detail that could be improved: patch title capitalization. > > > > In particular for commits touching arch/x86/ we try to standardize > > on capitalizing the word after the 'x86: ' tag. But in the above > > titles the capitalization is mixed-case: > > > > [aligned vertically for easier readability ] > > > > > SFI, x86: add CONFIG_SFI > > > SFI: document boot param "sfi=off" > > > SFI: create include/linux/sfi.h > > > SFI: add core support > > > ACPI, x86: remove ACPI dependency on some IO-APIC routines > > > SFI: add x86 support > > > SFI, x86: hook e820() for memory map initialization > > > SFI: Enable SFI to parse ACPI tables > > > SFI, PCI: Hook MMCONFIG > > > SFI: add boot-time initialization hooks > > > > So it would be more consistent to have: > > > > > SFI, x86: Add CONFIG_SFI > > > SFI: Document boot param "sfi=off" > > > SFI: Create include/linux/sfi.h > > > SFI: Add core support > > > ACPI, x86: Remove ACPI dependency on some IO-APIC routines > > > SFI: Add x86 support > > > SFI, x86: Hook e820() for memory map initialization > > > SFI: Enable SFI to parse ACPI tables > > > SFI, PCI: Hook MMCONFIG > > > SFI: Add boot-time initialization hooks > > > > ( Capitalizing like that has the added (minor) benefit of making it > > slightly easier to read these titles - the 'real' natural language > > sentence portion of the title begins with a capital letter. ) > > Ingo, > While I really do appreciate your attention to detail, > a little time off might be good for you:-)
No objections on my part ;-)
Ingo
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