Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756098AbXFSOFx (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:05:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752680AbXFSOFo (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:05:44 -0400 Received: from rtr.ca ([64.26.128.89]:3568 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753077AbXFSOFn (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:05:43 -0400 Message-ID: <4677E2B5.5030503@rtr.ca> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:05:41 -0400 From: Mark Lord User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Jan Engelhardt , Cyrill Gorcunov , "Kok, Auke" , Randy Dunlap , Chris Friesen , dave young , Willy Tarreau , LKML Subject: Re: coding style References: <46721F18.8090303@intel.com> <20070615173206.GA8151@cvg> <4672D246.2040306@nortel.com> <20070615110326.b0762b7a.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20070615191804.GC8151@cvg> <4672E6B3.1080205@intel.com> <20070615194140.GE8151@cvg> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 949 Lines: 19 Linus Torvalds wrote: > > For example, if I get a patch for something that is a whole driver, I > generally think that while I *prefer* to see it follow the kernel coding > style, I also expect that the person who sends me the driver is the one > who is going to maintain it in the future, and thus his personal coding > style preferences will override any but the strongest objections. As with most things Linux, it would be really nice if more people here acted like our fearless Penguin leader. But the reality is that perfectly good code is frequently rejected (for rework) due to 81-character lines and even more trivial stylistic differences, even (especially) in entirely new driver sources. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/