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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/5] iTCO_wdt: Expose watchdog properties using platform data
On 07/28/2015 08:28 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jul 2015, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>
>> On 07/28/2015 08:00 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
>>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2015, Matt Fleming wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 28 Jul, at 12:37:21PM, Lee Jones wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The driver shouldn't be called that either.
>>>>>
>>>>> You are the only one. What makes iTCO 'special'?
>>>>
>>>> I don't know, I didn't write it. It looks like Wim did ~9 years ago, so
>>>> it must have made sense to him at the time.
>>>>
>>
>> Coding style wasn't as strict then as it is today. iTCO has just been kept
>> for historic reasons.
>
> For sure, I get that, but it doesn't mean we can't do-the-right-thing
> (tm) now does it?
>
>> Sure, we could have changed it to lowercase, but so far no one bothered.
>> Plus, of course, there is always the element that some maintainers hate
>> that kind of cleanup,
>
> Really? Surely any kind of clean-up is good clean-up. Especially as
> Greg KH et. al, have been doing public presentations telling everyone
> that there is always kernel work for anyone who has the time; spelling
> corrections and all.
>

Yes, really. Just try to submit cleanup patches to maintainers other than
Greg and myself, and you'll see. It is a minefield.

Guenter



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