Re: [PATCH] video/matrox: Checkpatch cleanups for matroxfb_crtc2.c

From: Jean Delvare
Date: Mon Jan 18 2010 - 16:11:57 EST


On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:59:30 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 20:27 +0100, Peter HÃwe wrote:
> > the reason behind this change was that spaces and tabs were mixed for
> > indention.
>
> Checkpatch isn't gospel and isn't always right.
>
> There should be room for taste preference here
> and I think whatever Petr V's is should prevail.
>
> > How about this indention? Would this be better?
>
> Well, I don't think so, but others will have different opinions.

I don't see it as an improvement either. Was checkpatch.pl really
complaining about the alignment? Tabs followed by less than 8 spaces is
acceptable and fairly common AFAICT, I can't remember the script
yelling at me when I do it.


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Jean Delvare
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