linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/19] z2ram: reindent

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Date:   Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:49:29 +0200
From:   John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/19] z2ram: reindent


> On Aug 26, 2020, at 11:21 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2020-08-26 at 08:24 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> reindent the driver using Lident as the code style was far away from
>> normal Linux code.
> 
> Why?  Does anyone use this anymore?

Yes, the Amiga and Linux/m68k is very well and alive. There is new hardware being developed and new drivers being developed and so on.

Please let’s don’t have another discussion about that. The code is maintained which is what counts and not whether any corporation is still making money with it.

Adrian