linux-kernel - RE: Checkpatch false positive in 2.6.36-rc1.

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Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:56:26 +0530
From:	"Gopinath, Thara" <thara@...com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Checkpatch false positive in 2.6.36-rc1.



>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Andy Whitcroft [mailto:apw@...onical.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:51 PM
>>To: Gopinath, Thara
>>Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>>Subject: Re: Checkpatch false positive in 2.6.36-rc1.
>>
>>On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:34:51AM +0530, Gopinath, Thara wrote:
>>> Hello Andy,
>>>
>>> The following is my patch.
>>>
>>> Index: linux-omap-pm/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- linux-omap-pm.orig/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
>>> +++ linux-omap-pm/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
>>> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ config OMAP_DEBUG_LEDS
>>>
>>>  config OMAP_SMARTREFLEX
>>>         bool "SmartReflex support"
>>> -       depends on ARCH_OMAP3 && PM
>>> +       depends on (ARCH_OMAP3 || ARCH_OMAP4) && PM
>>>         help
>>>           Say Y if you want to enable SmartReflex.
>>>
>>>
>>> And the following is the check patch error I am getting
>>>
>>> WARNING: please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully
>>> #108: FILE: arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig:41:
>>>         help
>>
>>> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 67 lines checked
>>
>>Yes that is a falsie.  I think I have fixed it in my tree.  Could you
>>test the version at the URL below and let me know if it works for you.
>>
>>  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/apw/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl-testing

Yep this works. It no longer gives me the warning.
Thanks.

Regards
Thara
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