[PATCH] hwmon: (it87) Add support for the ITE IT8720F Bug: #357766

[David Partington]

Tim Gardner wrote:
> David Partington wrote:
>   
>> Tim Gardner wrote:
>>     
>>> David Partington wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Kernel team:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a Biostar motherboard with the it8716 superio device.  When I
>>>> execute the sensors hardware monitor the VID values is incorrect,  In
>>>> reviewing the it87.c source I fine the following code burst:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Well, you've gotten this far. How about a proper patch?
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Tim,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply.  Actually in the code submitted at the bottom of
>> my email was the suggested change.  However, I did submit an actual
>> defect report with the suggested fix as well.  Please see new defect
>> #528741.
>>
>> Regards, David
>>
>>     
>
> The code at the bottom of
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-February/009082.html
> is not a proper patch wrt the Linux kernel ecosystem. See
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches in Linus' kernel tree at
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git.
>
> The advantage of using diff and patch is the avoidance of transcription
> errors when applying patches.
>
> rtg
>   
Okay.

I have never submitted a kernel patch before - so you are correct, I 
probably did not follow a recommended procedure.  I thought that rather 
than complaining about something that does not work, I endeavored to 
show how to fix the issue.

Regards, David
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