Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Mar 2022 16:25:00 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) implement locking via the ACPI global lock | From | Guenter Roeck <> |
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On 3/27/22 11:51, Eugene Shalygin wrote: > On Sun, 27 Mar 2022 at 20:04, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote: > >> What is the problem other than that the string is split across >> multiple lines ? That can easily be fixed by not splitting it, >> so you'll have to be more specific. > > Yes, the problem is that it is split. When merged it exceeds the 80-th > column and creates problems for editors instructed to format text on > paste. And I would not like to neither split the string onto two debug > messages, nor shorten the debug message itself. Maybe there is an > elegant solution I'm not aware of? >
First, you can go up to 100 columns nowadays. Second, the column limit is waived for strings because it is more important to not split them. If you _still_ want to stick with 80 columns, sorry, no, I don't have a solution. Your problem is with the editor, not with kernel formatting rules.
Guenter
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