linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH x86] [5/16] Replace hard coded reservations in x86-64 early boot code with dynamic table II

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Message-Id: <200801042313.14551.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 4 Jan 2008 23:13:14 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	peterz@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH x86] [5/16] Replace hard coded reservations in x86-64 early boot code with dynamic table II

On Friday 04 January 2008 19:47:33 Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 19:06 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > But the problem with your "rule" is that every of the hundreds
> > of Linux kernel contributors will need to do the same. And that's just 
> > ineffecient, waste of valuable human work and just doesn't make much sense.
> > 
> > It certainly won't improve Linux in any way.
> 
> What I would prefer is a git option that supports
> check-in/outs in a coding style of a user choice.

I'm not very deep into git specifics, but for the spaces<->tab problem
I suspect some kind of commit hook script would be the correct solution.
i.e. always convert them in newly changed lines as comitted.

-Andi

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