From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Fokaz Chakma <fokazmchakma4427@gmail.com>
Cc: dpenkler@gmail.com, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: gpib/pc2: convert explanatory comments to /* ... */ style
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:58:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025102341-playmate-angling-bdb5@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMa_khZMv-8jmUf1wqhund_rWQ5Nkoox1mqUsHaHmVvS6PJwCQ@mail.gmail.com>
A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top
Also, HTML email caused this to be rejected by the server :(
On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 06:48:21PM +0530, Fokaz Chakma wrote:
> The coding style guide in Documentation/process/coding-style.rst indicated
> that single-line // comments should be converted to /* ... */ style when
> describing code or data.
Yes, that's good, but we have learned to live with // comments for
simple one line comments now, so there's no real need to change this
driver for just that.
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-23 9:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-14 20:07 [PATCH] staging: gpib/pc2: convert explanatory comments to /* ... */ style Fokaz Chakma
2025-10-22 10:25 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <CAMa_khZMv-8jmUf1wqhund_rWQ5Nkoox1mqUsHaHmVvS6PJwCQ@mail.gmail.com>
2025-10-23 9:58 ` Greg KH [this message]
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