linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/30] net: wireless: cisco: airo: Fix a myriad of coding style issues

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Date:   Fri, 14 Aug 2020 18:15:39 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Benjamin Reed <breed@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Javier Achirica <achirica@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Jean Tourrilhes <jt@....hp.com>,
        Fabrice Bellet <fabrice@...let.info>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/30] net: wireless: cisco: airo: Fix a myriad of coding style issues

Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> writes:

>  - Ensure spaces appear after {for, if, while, etc}
>  - Ensure spaces to not appear after '('
>  - Ensure spaces to not appear before ')'
>  - Ensure spaces appear between ')' and '{'
>  - Ensure spaces appear after ','
>  - Ensure spaces do not appear before ','
>  - Ensure spaces appear either side of '='
>  - Ensure '{'s which open functions are on a new line
>  - Remove trailing whitespace
>
> There are still a whole host of issues with this file, but this
> patch certainly breaks the back of them.
>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Cc: Benjamin Reed <breed@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: Javier Achirica <achirica@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@....hp.com>
> Cc: Fabrice Bellet <fabrice@...let.info>
> Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c | 897 ++++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 467 insertions(+), 430 deletions(-)

This is a driver for ancient hardware, I'm not sure if it's worth trying
to fix any style issues. Is anyone even using it? Should we instead just
remove the driver?

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