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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:26:51 -0700
Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2] checkpatch.pl: seed camelcase from
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On Wed, 2016-08-31 at 20:17 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:

> I thought you got $0.02 for every checkpatch.pl warning and $0.05 for every
> error found? :-)

Well, it's nice to know some credits are accruing in
some virtual bank. ?Unfortunate for me that it's like
the Hotel California Bank though.

> > I don't look at scripts with checkpatch.
> > I think it's really only useful for .[ch] files.
> So should a modification be made to anything in scripts/* for when
> checkpatch.pl is run? ?I know that there are *special* rules for
> drivers/net/*, so it should be easy to apply whatever checks are pertinent
> for scripts/*?

I think scripts should rely a little on the skill
and intelligence of the user.

I have a hammer so let's go fishing, etc...

cheers, ?Joe