linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: fbtft: move externs to header file

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Date:	Tue, 3 Mar 2015 12:52:48 -0600
From:	Drew Fustini <pdp7pdp7@...il.com>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: fbtft: move externs to header file

On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 04:33:01PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> but now it adds 6 additional warning in checkpatch --strict
> "extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files"

Thanks, Sudip.  I did not realize that was an option for checkpatch.
I see now that there are additional warnings as you mentioned:
 
CHECK: extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files
CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis
CHECK: Please don't use multiple blank lines

Drew

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