linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] typo in kernel source (DEBUGFS)

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:19:20 -0500 (EST)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
To:	Christoph Egger <siccegge@...d.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	sameo@...ux.intel.com, Reinhard.Tartler@...ormatik.uni-erlangen.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] typo in kernel source (DEBUGFS)

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Christoph Egger wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 07:05:33AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >   just FYI, the same information can be found where i post the
> > output from my kernel scanning scripts.  specifically, that very
> > typo is already documented here:
> >
> > http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Badref_CONFIG_variables#mfd
> >
> > rday
>
> 	Jep I stumbled upon your reports while having a closer look at
> what we found. Strangely while you did find somewhere around 250
> such Issues we are at 90[0] if you count #define-ed CONFIG_* to the
> errors. I'll probably try to look at the difference between our
> results.
>
> [0] http://vamos1.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/graph.html

  it's entirely possible that i have false positives in my listings;
anyone who wants to look at them is responsible for checking them out
more carefully, but i believe i catch most of the errors.

rday
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