linux-kernel - Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

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Message-ID: <45C1BC2D.8020405@garzik.org>
Date:	Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:08:45 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Lee Revell <rlrevell@...-job.com>
CC:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@...oste.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

Lee Revell wrote:
> On 1/31/07, Mark Lord <lkml@....ca> wrote:
>> I believe a BIG reason why lots of open-source drivers are out-of-tree
>> right now, is because lkml is perceived as being wayyyyyy too fussy
>> and petty about 80-column lines, brackets, etc.. for new code.
>>
>> It's just not worth the effort/abuse for many maintainers to pursue it.
> 
> That seems like the easy part - it seems like anyone bright enough to
> write a working Linux driver would be good enough with their editor or
> perl or bash to knock that out in 10 minutes.


Or simply running it through scripts/Lindent, which fixes 97% of all 
issues automatically.  The remaining 3% become fixing Lindent's lack of 
C99 knowledge, etc.

	Jeff


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