[PATCH]The patch fixes the following warning generated by running the

Sayyad Abid posted 1 patch 1 year, 5 months ago
drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH]The patch fixes the following warning generated by running the
Posted by Sayyad Abid 1 year, 5 months ago
From: abid-sayyad <sayyad.abid16@gmail.com>

drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig

WARNING: please write a help paragraph that fully describes the config symbol
2: FILE: drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig:2:
config VT6656
	tristate "VIA Technologies VT6656 support"
	depends on MAC80211 && USB && WLAN && m
	select FW_LOADER
	help

total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 7 lines checked

NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
   mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.

drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig has style problems, please review.


Signed-off-by: abid-sayyad <sayyad.abid16@gmail.com>
---

 drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig
index f52a3f1d9a2e..a37dc3c921ea 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig
@@ -4,4 +4,10 @@ config VT6656
 	depends on MAC80211 && USB && WLAN && m
 	select FW_LOADER
 	help
-	  This is a vendor-written driver for VIA VT6656.
+	  This is a vendor-written driver for VIA VT6656. VIA Technology VT6656
+	  is a wireless network controller that operates on the 2.4GHz band.
+
+	  If you have this hardware and wish to use it, set 'Y' or 'M' here to
+	  compile the driver either directly in the kernel or as a module
+	  respectively. If you are unsure, it is safe to set it to 'M'.
+	  If enabled it loads the firmware for the mentioned device.
--
2.39.2
Re: [PATCH]The patch fixes the following warning generated by running the
Posted by Dan Carpenter 1 year, 5 months ago
On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 09:45:39PM +0530, Sayyad Abid wrote:
> From: abid-sayyad <sayyad.abid16@gmail.com>
> 

Your email from header is better than this From header.

> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig
> index f52a3f1d9a2e..a37dc3c921ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/Kconfig
> @@ -4,4 +4,10 @@ config VT6656
>  	depends on MAC80211 && USB && WLAN && m
>  	select FW_LOADER
>  	help
> -	  This is a vendor-written driver for VIA VT6656.
> +	  This is a vendor-written driver for VIA VT6656. VIA Technology VT6656
> +	  is a wireless network controller that operates on the 2.4GHz band.
> +
> +	  If you have this hardware and wish to use it, set 'Y' or 'M' here to
> +	  compile the driver either directly in the kernel or as a module
> +	  respectively. If you are unsure, it is safe to set it to 'M'.
> +	  If enabled it loads the firmware for the mentioned device.

I feel like this second paragraph doesn't add any value.  Just ignore checkpatch
when it tells you to do stuff like this.

regards,
dan carpenter
Re: [PATCH]The patch fixes the following warning generated by running the
Posted by Dan Carpenter 1 year, 5 months ago
Also the subject is not in the correct format.

regards,
dan carpenter