linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 5/7] acpi: fix a bunch of style issues on 'actypes.h'

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Message-Id: <1258148922.6411.20.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com>
Date:	Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:48:42 -0800
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	"Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>,
	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"Lin, Ming M" <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 5/7] acpi: fix a bunch of style issues on 'actypes.h'

On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 22:41 +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009, Moore, Robert wrote:
> 
> > >> And after today's discussion on kernel summit on this topic, I 
> > >> wouldn't expect any maintainer to merge it, sorry :)
> > >could you be more specific about what "discussion" you are talking
> > >about.
> > Yes, do tell.
> 
> I have probably lost the track of the context here already, sorry.
> 
> But it probably had something to do with the fact that whitespace-only 
> patches (which [PATCH 5/7] acpi: fix a bunch of style issues on 
> 'actypes.h' has been, as far as I remember), are unnecessary noise.

I don't think it was clear from the description , but I think this is
actually a checkpatch cleanup. So it's not just random whitespace
changes. AFAIK, maintainers do accept those.

Daniel

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