linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: remove the 80 charactes punch card limit

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Message-ID: <4B61D02A.9030500@caviumnetworks.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:58:02 -0800
From:	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, apw@...onical.com,
	jschopp@...tin.ibm.com, davej@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: remove the 80 charactes punch card limit

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net> writes:
> 
>> The time of 80 characters punch card and terminals are over, so i would
>> be a good thing to set the line length limit to 120. Every display today
>> should be able handle this. 
>>   
>> Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
> 
> Full Ack!
> 
> -Andi


I agree, but if people still have problems with it, perhaps reevaluating 
Joe Perches' patch:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/18/3

could be an alternative.

David Daney
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