Re: [patch 00/17] PNP Lindent

Bjorn Helgaas
2007-07-25T16:58:34Z

On Wednesday 25 July 2007 10:24:44 am Len Brown wrote:
> > We could do it now if it's more convenient for you - there's not usually
> > much happening in that area.
>
> I agree it would be make-work to carry Lindent patches in -mm.
>
> I think it is also a PITA to push them to Linus before RC1
> because that is when a huge torrent of functional patches go in.
>
> I think that between RC1 and RC2 (now) is as good a time as any
> to push a Lindent cleanup to Linus. If you guys agree, I'll
> be happy to Lindent pnp and push it right now. Heck, I try
> to keep acpi Lindent-clean, so I could do that at the same time.
>
> Bjorn, did you have to do any manual fix-ups to Lindent, or
> did it actually get it right automatically?
> Over time, I've actually changed some of the syntax of the ACPI code
> so that it wouldn't confuse subsequent Lindent passes:-)
> In particular, it didn't like macros that included their own ';'s.

I did do some manual fixups afterward. I can collect those into a
separate patch if you want.