netdev - Re: [PATCH 7/8] bridge: add some comments for NETDEV

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2012 04:13:18 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, amwang@...hat.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] bridge: add some comments for NETDEV_RELEASE

On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 12:59 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Tuesday 2012-08-07 01:39, Joe Perches wrote:
> >On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 13:50 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> >> > +	/*
> >> > +	 * We don't notify NETDEV_RELEASE event, as this will
> >> > +	 * stop netconsole on the bridge.
> >> > +	 */
> >> 
> >> Please format comments in the networking:
> >> 
> >> 	/* Like
> >> 	 * this.
> >> 	 */
> >
> >Maybe add a networking specific block comment style
> >to checkpatch. This doesn't trigger on files outside
> >of drivers/net and net.
> 
> Is there any particular reason why net/ wants to be special?

A determined maintainer with a strong desire
for consistency using an idiomatic style.

A thread about it:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/16/443


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