From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Adam Kropelin <akropel1@rochester.rr.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] - trivial comment fixups in init/main.c
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:31:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41224105.5050706@am.sony.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040817095601.4E7F22BEC3@ozlabs.org>
Rusty Russell wrote:
> In message <40F42C44.5010603@am.sony.com> you write:
>
>>This patch has some trivial comment fixups for init/main.c, to bring
>>the comments into consistency with the coding style of the kernel.
>
>
> Personally, I prefer my comments quiet and unobtrusive, and I think
> you'll find Linus' code tends to be the same.
>
> Not to start a flame war, but since I started using a colorizing
> editor for code, I found there was no need to waste vertical space
> with large banners. (This in my mind justifies the X project's entire
> existence).
>
> Sorry,
Fine with me. These comments were modified at the request of
Andrew Morton, who wanted the comment style to be consistent.
I actually agree with your position, but I wanted to follow
what Andrew wanted here.
=============================
Tim Bird
Architecture Group Co-Chair, CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Electronics
E-mail: tim.bird@am.sony.com
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-17 17:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-13 18:39 [PATCH] - trivial comment fixups in init/main.c Tim Bird
2004-08-17 9:53 ` Rusty Russell
2004-08-17 11:45 ` Adam Kropelin
2004-08-17 17:31 ` Tim Bird [this message]
2004-08-17 17:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-08-26 8:42 ` Rusty Russell
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