Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757960AbXHXKib (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:38:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754375AbXHXKiX (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:38:23 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:32803 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751346AbXHXKiW (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:38:22 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:46:11 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Andi Drebes Cc: postfail@hushmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Ideas on column length in kernel "problem"? Message-ID: <20070824114611.7b17cafd@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <200708241231.52767.lists-receive@programmierforen.de> References: <20070823035442.6FD0DDA81F@mailserver7.hushmail.com> <200708241231.52767.lists-receive@programmierforen.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 522 Lines: 13 > I think this is also a matter of conding style. Documentation/CodingStyle > says: > > "The limit on the length of lines is 80 columns and this is a hard limit." As has repeatedly been stated this is a bug in Documentation/CodingStyle and bears no resemblence to reality. - 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/