linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: media: Fix indentation to use tabs instead of spaces

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Message-ID: <Z-6McoFVsJ8EiLPV@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 16:26:10 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Cc: Gabriel Shahrouzi <gshahrouzi@...il.com>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	hdegoede@...hat.com, mchehab@...nel.org,
	sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: media: Fix indentation to use tabs instead
 of spaces

On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 03:36:27PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 05:36:31PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM Gabriel Shahrouzi <gshahrouzi@...il.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Replace spaces with tab to comply with kernel coding style.
> > 
> > Still 'tab'. please, capitalize it to be 'TAB'.
> > 
> > But wait a bit, the driver maintainer might do that for you whilst applying.
> 
> It's not an acronym so it shouldn't be capitalized.  It should be either
> "a tab" or "tabs".

Not everything that is capitalised is an acronym :-)

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko