Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:26:28 +0100 | From | Andy Whitcroft <> | Subject | Re: checkpatch: kill the bogus camelcase check |
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On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 02:50:54PM -0700, James Bottomley wrote: > It's making checkpatch unusable on most drivers because it's spewing > tons of bogus warnings. The problem is the assumption that studly caps > is always wrong: it isn't if the variables are named after the various > conventions in the hardware programming guides (which are usually > written by Microsoft people). > > In order to encourage people to use checkpatch, it has to be *useful* it > can't stray too far into dogmatic things like this that are essentially > unfixable by most people who submit patches. > > Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>
Joe, perhaps this could become a strict check?
-apw
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