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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: boot: Fix mixed indentation in a20.c
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 08:22:41AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>
> > On 11/18/2013 09:50 AM, Johannes Löthberg wrote:
> > > Replace all mixed indentation with tabs
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Löthberg <johannes@kyriasis.com>
> >
> > NAK. Not worth the churn in the absence of other changes.
>
> Yes.
>
> If a20.c was cleaned up altogether, that might be a more tempting
> change, it has a good number of inconsistencies and improving it all
> would make it more readable.
>
> But it makes little sense to do an incomplete cleanup.

Yeah, senseless cleanup without any benefit whatsoever (yeah, fuck
readability! :-)) should be forbidden, if you ask me. Especially
since it dilutes and muds up git history and finding the patch which
introduced a change turns into a serious undertaking.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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