[PATCH] docs: arm: tcm: Fix typo in description of TCM and MMU usage
Simon Horman
simon.horman at corigine.com
Thu Jun 9 09:44:50 PDT 2022
On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 10:01:01AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Simon Horman <simon.horman at corigine.com> writes:
>
> > Correct a typo in the description of interaction between
> > the TCM and MMU.
> >
> > Found by inspection.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Louis Peens <louis.peens at corigine.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman at corigine.com>
>
> Here too I have to ask: what does this signoff chain mean? If two
> developers were needed for a single-character typo fix, then a
> Co-developed-by line is appropriate. If you are forwarding a patch from
> Louis, then a From: line to get the authorship right is indicated ... ?
Hi Jon,
The patch was created by me.
Due to internal processes a release by a colleague is provided, that is the
purpose of Louis's sign off (overkill in this case, I agree).
If Louis's sign-off is not necessary from your perspective then I'm happy
for you to drop it or for my to repost the patch without it.
> > Documentation/arm/tcm.rst | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/arm/tcm.rst b/Documentation/arm/tcm.rst
> > index b256f9783883..1dc6c39220f9 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/arm/tcm.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/arm/tcm.rst
> > @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ CPU so it is usually wise not to overlap any physical RAM with
> > the TCM.
> >
> > The TCM memory can then be remapped to another address again using
> > -the MMU, but notice that the TCM if often used in situations where
> > +the MMU, but notice that the TCM is often used in situations where
> > the MMU is turned off. To avoid confusion the current Linux
> > implementation will map the TCM 1 to 1 from physical to virtual
>
> Thanks,
>
> jon
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