Re: [PATCH 1/5] iTCO_wdt: Expose watchdog properties using platform data

Lee Jones
2015-07-28T17:32:23Z

On Tue, 28 Jul 2015, Guenter Roeck wrote:

> On 07/28/2015 08:28 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> >On Tue, 28 Jul 2015, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >
> >>On 07/28/2015 08:00 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> >>>On Tue, 28 Jul 2015, Matt Fleming wrote:
> >>>>On Tue, 28 Jul, at 12:37:21PM, Lee Jones wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The driver shouldn't be called that either.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>You are the only one. What makes iTCO 'special'?
> >>>>
> >>>>I don't know, I didn't write it. It looks like Wim did ~9 years ago, so
> >>>>it must have made sense to him at the time.
> >>>>
> >>
> >>Coding style wasn't as strict then as it is today. iTCO has just been kept
> >>for historic reasons.
> >
> >For sure, I get that, but it doesn't mean we can't do-the-right-thing
> >(tm) now does it?
> >
> >>Sure, we could have changed it to lowercase, but so far no one bothered.
> >>Plus, of course, there is always the element that some maintainers hate
> >>that kind of cleanup,
> >
> >Really? Surely any kind of clean-up is good clean-up. Especially as
> >Greg KH et. al, have been doing public presentations telling everyone
> >that there is always kernel work for anyone who has the time; spelling
> >corrections and all.
> >
>
> Yes, really. Just try to submit cleanup patches to maintainers other than
> Greg and myself, and you'll see. It is a minefield.

Admittedly some of us have our quirks, but I'm happy to challenge
anyone that won't accept clean-up patches that make things better.

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Lee Jones
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