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Date:	Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:13:56 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	Farid Hammane <farid.hammane@...il.com>
Cc:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>, ben-linux@...ff.org,
	Enrik.Berkhan@...com, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c-algo-pca: fix all coding style issues in
 i2c-algo-pca.c

Hi Farid,

On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:30:34 +0200, Farid Hammane wrote:
> Hi Jean and Wolfram,
> 
> On Thursday 22 April 2010 09:59:37 you wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 09:25:24AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:57:38 +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > > > Hi Farid,
> > > >
> > > > thanks for this approach. Have you checked that the binary is the same
> > > > before/after your patch? If so, please mention in your patch
> > > > description.
> 
> Ok, I think that nothing can be broken with this kind of patch. I just built 
> i2c-algo-pca.c and everything was ok.
> 
> For further patchs I will mention that it has been tested. Thanks for the 
> advice !

It's not just a matter of building it. When you only fix coding style
issue, the binary object before and after your patch should be exactly
the same. It's a good idea to verify this, especially for drivers you
aren't using yourself.

-- 
Jean Delvare
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