Re: [PATCH] staging: fix to match 80-char rule

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Sun, 2015-07-19 at 20:41 +0200, Mario Bambagini wrote:
> Fixed comment line to match the 80-char rules.
> The line contained 81 characters.
> The file is fully compliant with the code style, now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mario Bambagini <mario.bambagini@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-pcmcia/ft1000_cs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-pcmcia/ft1000_cs.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-pcmcia/ft1000_cs.c
> index e5cc5be..931e45e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-pcmcia/ft1000_cs.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-pcmcia/ft1000_cs.c
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
>    License along with this program; if not, write to the
>    Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place -
>    Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
> -  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
> +  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Perhaps it'd be nicer to use the normal comment block style

/*
 * <comment>
 * <comment>
 */

Something like:
---
 drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-pcmcia/ft1000_cs.c | 56 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-pcmcia/ft1000_cs.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-pcmcia/ft1000_cs.c
index e5cc5be..fc7d19f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-pcmcia/ft1000_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-pcmcia/ft1000_cs.c
@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  FT1000 driver for Flarion Flash OFDM NIC Device
-
-  Copyright (C) 1999 David A. Hinds.  All Rights Reserved.
-  Copyright (C) 2002 Flarion Technologies, All rights reserved.
-  Copyright (C) 2006 Patrik Ostrihon, All rights reserved.
-  Copyright (C) 2006 ProWeb Consulting, a.s, All rights reserved.
-
-  The initial developer of the original code is David A. Hinds
-  <dahinds@users.sourceforge.net>.  Portions created by David A. Hinds.
-
-  This file was modified to support the Flarion Flash OFDM NIC Device
-  by Wai Chan (w.chan@flarion.com).
-
-  Port for kernel 2.6 created by Patrik Ostrihon (patrik.ostrihon@pwc.sk)
-
-  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
-  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
-  later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
-  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
-  more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-  License along with this program; if not, write to the
-  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place -
-  Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/*
+ *  FT1000 driver for Flarion Flash OFDM NIC Device
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1999 David A. Hinds.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Flarion Technologies, All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Patrik Ostrihon, All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 ProWeb Consulting, a.s, All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * The initial developer of the original code is David A. Hinds
+ * <dahinds@users.sourceforge.net>.  Portions created by David A. Hinds.
+ *
+ * This file was modified to support the Flarion Flash OFDM NIC Device
+ * by Wai Chan (w.chan@flarion.com).
+ *
+ * Port for kernel 2.6 created by Patrik Ostrihon (patrik.ostrihon@pwc.sk)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>