netdev - Re: [PATCH 7/8] bridge: add some comments for NETDEV

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.01.1208101257010.10147@frira.zrqbmnf.qr>
Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:59:12 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, amwang@...hat.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] bridge: add some comments for NETDEV_RELEASE


On Tuesday 2012-08-07 01:39, Joe Perches wrote:
>On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 13:50 -0700, David Miller wrote:
>> > +	/*
>> > +	 * We don't notify NETDEV_RELEASE event, as this will
>> > +	 * stop netconsole on the bridge.
>> > +	 */
>> 
>> Please format comments in the networking:
>> 
>> 	/* Like
>> 	 * this.
>> 	 */
>
>Maybe add a networking specific block comment style
>to checkpatch. This doesn't trigger on files outside
>of drivers/net and net.

Is there any particular reason why net/ wants to be special?
Before we know it, coding style is like laws across US states..
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