Re: [PATCH v2 for 2.6.32] SFI - Simple Firmware Interface support

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> 
> > 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:-)

cheers,
-Len

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