Re: [PATCH 4/5] usb: gadget: f_midi: cleanups and typos fixes

[Felipe Ferreri Tonello]

Hi Balbi,

On 07/03/16 07:35, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Felipe Ferreri Tonello <eu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> [ text/plain ]
>> Hi Michal, 
>>
>> On March 5, 2016 4:28:45 PM GMT+00:00, Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 02 2016, Felipe F. Tonello wrote:
>>>>>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
>>>>>>   *   Copyright (C) 2006 Thumtronics Pty Ltd.
>>>>>>   *   Ben Williamson <ben.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>   *
>>>>>> - * Licensed under the GPL-2 or later.
>>>>>> + * Licensed under the GPLv2.
>>>
>>>> On March 4, 2016 7:17:31 PM GMT+00:00, Michal Nazarewicz
>>> <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Any particular reason to do that?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 04 2016, Felipe Ferreri Tonello wrote:
>>>> Because the kernel is v2 only and not later. 
>>>
>>> Linux as a whole is GPLv2 only, but that doesnât necessarily mean that
>>> parts of it cannot be dual licensed (or GPLv2+).  Itâs safer to leave
>>> copyright noticed clear unless you explicitly want your contribution be
>>> GPLv2 only which brings the whole file GPLv2 only.
>>>
>>>> I just tried to make this driver more consistent with the coding
>>> style
>>>> used across the kernel. That's it.
>>>
>>> Column alignment of field names or RHS of assignment operators is quite
>>> inconsistent already within drivers/usb/gadget/ which is why Iâm
>>> concerned whether this is really helping.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I actually donât care much, just adding my two rappen.
>>
>> Right, I am ok with Balbi completely ignoring this patch. But I prefer
>> to have at least this driver consistent than nothing. Of course I'll
>> remove the license change I made.
> 
> consistent in what way ?

Source-code.

The goal of this patch is to update this driver coding style to promote
consistency, readability, and maintainability based on the Linux coding
style.

If this patch does not achieving that or if that is not necessary, than
just ignore this patch.

Thanks,
Felipe

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