netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] rtl8xxxu: Fix for bogus data used to determine macpower

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Message-ID: <73535909-c15e-a8c1-00e3-02b490ab2b1a@lwfinger.net>
Date:   Thu, 3 Nov 2016 10:43:27 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>,
        John Heenan <john@...s.com>
Cc:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] rtl8xxxu: Fix for bogus data used to determine
 macpower

On 11/03/2016 03:41 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2016-10-30 at 19:02 -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> Code is 80 characters wide, and comments are /* */ never the ugly C++
>> crap.
>
> You might look at the recent Linus Torvalds authored commit
> 5e467652ffef (?printk: re-organize log_output() to be more legible")
> which does both of those: c99 // comments and > 80 columns.
>
> Absolutes are for zealots.

Of course, but who is going to criticize Linus? I have gently chided him when an 
untested patch of his was inserted just before the final release, and broke my 
laptop. At least the bisection was pretty quick. :)

Larry