linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] .clang-format: Remove conditional comments

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Date:   Tue, 03 Nov 2020 19:15:20 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] .clang-format: Remove conditional comments

On Wed, 2020-11-04 at 04:10 +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 1:56 AM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Do remember that this patch is for the current kernel and
> > not any old version that someone might be compiling.
> > 
> > The current kernel _requires_ clang 10.0+ and that would
> > obviously provide clang-format 10+ as well.
> 
> You can use clang-format without having ever built a kernel with Clang.

No one ever will use clang-format on the current kernel sources
without having a recent version of clang and clang-format.