linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] GDT SCSI DISK ARRAY: fix split line comments for grep

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Date:	Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:39:45 +1000
From:	Grant Coady <grant_lkml@...o.com.au>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	Grant Coady <gcoady.lk@...il.com>, achim_leubner@...ptec.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] GDT SCSI DISK ARRAY: fix split line comments for grep

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:00:21 -0500, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 08:44 +1000, Grant Coady wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> Following patch unsplits some comment lines that hold driver device 
>> names so they can be grepped.
>
>I don't actually see a problem to be fixed here.  The original author
>obviously split the lines to be under 80 chars.  The actual board names
>are still integral in the comments and thus greppable even for the split
>lines.  What is it that you think needs to be fixed?

I suppose if you always grep with context there's no problem?

It's the only file I found with this issue while doing other stuff.

Grant.
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