linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: gpib/pc2: convert explanatory comments to /* ... */ style

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Message-ID: <2025102341-playmate-angling-bdb5@gregkh>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:58:34 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Fokaz Chakma <fokazmchakma4427@...il.com>
Cc: dpenkler@...il.com, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: gpib/pc2: convert explanatory comments to /*
 ... */ style

A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

Also, HTML email caused this to be rejected by the server :(

On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 06:48:21PM +0530, Fokaz Chakma wrote:
> The coding style guide in Documentation/process/coding-style.rst indicated
> that single-line // comments should be converted to /* ... */ style when
> describing  code or data.

Yes, that's good, but we have learned to live with // comments for
simple one line comments now, so there's no real need to change this
driver for just that.

thanks,

greg k-h