linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/19] Staging: xgifb: Comment cleaning.

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Message-ID: <4FF69B9B.3060307@igalia.com>
Date:	Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:02:35 +0200
From:	Miguel Gómez <magomez@...lia.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	arnaud.patard@...-net.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	aaro.koskinen@....fi, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/19] Staging: xgifb: Comment cleaning.

Hi!

>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
> []
>> @@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
>> -/*
>> - * XG20, XG21, XG40, XG42 frame buffer device
>> - * for Linux kernels  2.5.x, 2.6.x
>> - * Base on TW's sis fbdev code.
>> - */
>
> Maybe the comment removal is a bit aggressive.
> Perhaps two of these are relevant comments.
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/xgifb/vgatypes.h b/drivers/staging/xgifb/vgatypes.h
> []
>> @@ -79,7 +79,4 @@ struct xgi_hw_device_info {
>>   	unsigned long ulCRT2LCDType; /* defined in the data structure type */
>>   };
>>
>> -/* Additional IOCTL for communication xgifb <> X driver        */
>> -/* If changing this, xgifb.h must also be changed (for xgifb) */
>>   #endif
>> -
>
> Maybe this too.

Yes, true, Point taken :)

>  From a quick glance, the rest of the patches look like
> nice cleanups.
>
> btw: most kernel code uses logical line continuations
> at the end of the line not at the beginning of the next
> line.
>
> ie:
> 	if (foo &&
> 	    bar)
> not
> 	if (foo
> 	    && bar)

Thanks for the tip! I wasn't really sure about the preferred way to do it.

Regards!

-- 
Miguel Gómez
Igalia - http://www.igalia.com


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