linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: media: bcm2048: fix coding style error

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Message-ID: <20141115212503.GA21773@kroah.com>
Date:	Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:25:03 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Konrad Zapalowicz <bergo.torino@...il.com>,
	Christian Resell <christian.resell@...il.com>,
	m.chehab@...sung.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, askb23@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn,
	hans.verkuil@...co.com, pali.rohar@...il.com,
	fengguang.wu@...el.com, linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: media: bcm2048: fix coding style error

On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:59:34PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Sat 2014-11-15 21:12:18, Konrad Zapalowicz wrote:
> > On 11/15, Christian Resell wrote:
> > > Simple style fix (checkpatch.pl: "space prohibited before that ','").
> > > For the eudyptula challenge (http://eudyptula-challenge.org/).
> > 
> > Nice, however we do not need the information about the 'eudyptula
> > challenge' in the commit message.
> > 
> > If you want to include extra information please do it after the '---'
> > line (just below the signed-off). You will find more details in the
> > SubmittingPatches (chapter 15) of the kernel documentation.
> 
> Greg is staging tree maintainer... And if single extra space is all
> you can fix in the driver, perhaps it is not worth the patch?

I am not the maintainer of drivers/staging/media/ please look at
MAINTAINERS before you make statements like that.

And yes, one space fixes is just fine, that's why the code is in
staging.

greg k-h
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