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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: geert@linux-m68k.org, torvalds@osdl.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 475] HP300 LANCE
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 02:48:40 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041031024840.6eeee92d.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4184C16E.80705@pobox.com>

Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
> > 
> >>content looks OK, but patch appears to be whitespace-challenged...
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > It applies successfully.
> 
> I'm talking about the _other_ type of "whitespace challenged", such as,
> 
> -        volatile struct lance_regs *ll;
> +	unsigned long base;
> 
> 	and
> 
> -        void *va = dio_scodetoviraddr(scode);
> +	unsigned long pa = dio_scodetophysaddr(scode);
> +        unsigned long va = (pa + DIO_VIRADDRBASE);
> 
> Reading through the patch you can see other one-space-off spots.
> 

That's because the stoopid driver is using spaces instead of tabs all over
the place.  It comes out visually OK once the patch is applied.  But it's a
useful reminder of how much dreck we have in the tree.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-10-31 11:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-31 10:03 [PATCH 475] HP300 LANCE Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-31 10:14 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-31 10:19   ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-31 10:41     ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-31 10:48       ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2004-10-31 10:57         ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-31 11:09           ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-31 11:44             ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-31 11:50             ` Herbert Xu
2004-10-31 11:58               ` Jeff Garzik
2004-11-01 14:22 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-11-16  8:43   ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-11-17  7:12     ` Andrew Morton
2004-11-21 10:01       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-11-21 11:19         ` Kars de Jong
2004-11-22  0:12         ` Andrew Morton
2004-11-22  0:25           ` Sohail Somani
2004-11-22 10:54             ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-11-22  8:26           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-11-01  3:46 Chuck Ebbert

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