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Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:30:03 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Scott Smedley <ss@....gov.au>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Jason Baldus <jason.baldus@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Harley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers/staging/dt3155: Integrate 3 badly styled
 files into 1 clean file

On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 16:02 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:34:28AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Make variables static where appropriate
> > Rename dt3155_<foo_with_long_names> variables to dt_<foo_tla>
> > to reduce code length and make more lines fit well in 80 chars
> > Remove now unnecessary .h files
> > Change indent to use tabs
> > Remove unused functions
> > Used bool more often
> > Checkpatch clean
> 
> This is too much in one patch, sorry.

You should be more consistent.

http://www.tuxradar.com/content/newbies-guide-hacking-linux-kernel
Greg even said, "submit one big patch if you want"


> It also doesn't apply due to
> other changes in these files (that you then remove in patch 3) from
> other developers.

No, it doesn't apply because you chose to apply other patches
before this one.


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