Tool for automatic style of coding guidelines

[premdas.prajosh@gmail.com (Prajosh Premdas)]

Thanks for the suggestions and video links

Got the patches clean for review

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Adil Mujeeb <mujeeb.adil@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 05:50:30PM +0530, Prajosh Premdas wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I have developed some kernel drivers and would like to send the patches
> for
> >> review. But i find that I have not followed the coding guideline for
> tabs and
> >> spaces properly, which can be easily corrected by using some tools like
> >> astyle.
> >>
> >> Can any body please help me with the proper commands string for the
> astyle
> >> tool? Or could any body please suggest me with any new tool like indent
> etc
> >> which you are using
> >
> > scripts/Lindent will give you a good start, but odds are you really want
> > to do this by hand, it will be easier in the end as indent can do some
> > strange things at times.
> >
> > good luck,
> >
> > greg k-h
>
> You can see this excellent video [1] where Greg has explained how to
> submit your first patch.
>
> [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBrBBImJt4
>
> Regards,
> Adil
>



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Regards,

Prajosh Premdas
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