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From: Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>, Sean Cleator <seancleator@hotmail.co.uk>
Cc: lidza.louina@gmail.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
	driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org,
	devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Staging: dgnc: Fix long line coding style issues in dgnc_cls.h
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:47:43 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54809E3F.7050605@compro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1723574984.368832.1417649865878.JavaMail.root@mx2.compro.net>

On 12/03/2014 06:37 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-12-03 at 21:30 +0000, Sean Cleator wrote:
>> A patch to fix the rest of the long line warnings in the dgnc_cls.h file
>> found by the checkpatch.pl tool
>
> checkpatch is a brainless little tool.
>
> You should prefer to develop a readable style rather than
> pay too close attention to precisely what checkpatch says.
>
> fyi: There is this warning in the file:
>
>   *	NOTE: THIS IS A SHARED HEADER. DO NOT CHANGE CODING STYLE!!!
>

That comment should be removed. It was put there when this driver was 
under Digi's CVS control. Some of their user land apps, delivered with 
the driver package, also used it. They probably had different people 
working on the kernel and user land side.

Mark

      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-12-04 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-03 21:30 [PATCH v2] Staging: dgnc: Fix long line coding style issues in dgnc_cls.h Sean Cleator
2014-12-03 23:37 ` Joe Perches
     [not found] ` <1723574984.368832.1417649865878.JavaMail.root@mx2.compro.net>
2014-12-04 17:47   ` Mark Hounschell [this message]

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