linux-kernel - Re: checkpatch: kill the bogus camelcase check

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Date:	Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:26:28 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: checkpatch: kill the bogus camelcase check

On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 02:50:54PM -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> It's making checkpatch unusable on most drivers because it's spewing
> tons of bogus warnings.  The problem is the assumption that studly caps
> is always wrong: it isn't if the variables are named after the various
> conventions in the hardware programming guides (which are usually
> written by Microsoft people).
> 
> In order to encourage people to use checkpatch, it has to be *useful* it
> can't stray too far into dogmatic things like this that are essentially
> unfixable by most people who submit patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@...allels.com>

Joe, perhaps this could become a strict check?

-apw
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