linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] Staging: winbond: phy_calibration: Fixed coding style issue

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Date:	Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:38:38 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Adil Mujeeb <mujeeb.adil@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] Staging: winbond: phy_calibration: Fixed coding
 style issue

On Fri 2012-10-12 09:53:19, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-10-12 at 22:07 +0530, Adil Mujeeb wrote:
> > Removed checkpatch.pl script reported ERRORs
> []
> > diff --git a/linux-3.6-rc7/drivers/staging/winbond/phy_calibration.c b/linux-3.6-rc7/drivers/staging/winbond/phy_calibration.c
> []
> > -#define AG_CONST        0.6072529350
> > +#define AG_CONST        (0.6072529350)
> 
> That one is unnecessary.
> checkpatch is defective here.

Agreed.

> I wonder why there is any floating point
> in the code at all though.

Some kind of signal strength computations. I'm not an wifi expert... :-).

									Pavel
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