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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: Remove line to fix checkpatch error
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From:   Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
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Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:41:01 +0100
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On 11/04/2021 21:49, tawahpeggy wrote:
> remove one empty line.CHECK: Please don't use multiple blank lines
> 
> Signed-off-by: tawahpeggy <tawahpeggy98@gmail.com>
> 
> ---
>   drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_pcmcia.mod.c | 1 -
>   1 file changed, 0 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_pcmcia.mod.c
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_pcmcia.mod.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_pcmcia.mod.c
> index 0904b8765afs96..3984db1a39c8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_pcmcia.mod.c

The .mod.c files are not really part of the Linux kernel source code. 
They are generated during the kernel build process.  There is no point 
checking them with checkpatch.pl.  If you are adding them to your git 
repository, then you are doing something wrong.

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