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SubjectRe: ETA for Areca RAID driver (arcmsr) in mainline?
"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote:
>
> Here's a start on some cleanups and a list of general issues.
> I'm not addressing SCSI or MM/DMA API issues, if there are any.
>
> 0. some Kconfig and Makefile cleanups
> 1. fix arcmsr_device_id_table[] inits;
> 2. fix return (value); -- don't use parenethese
> 3. fix one-line-ifs-with-braces -- remove braces
> 4. struct _XYZ & typedef XYZ, PXYZ -- convert to struct XYZ only
> 5. check NULL usage
> 6. no "return;" at end of func; -- removed
> 7. return -ENXIO instead of ENXIO;
>
> Patch for above items is below.
>
> More issues, not yet patched:
>
> 8. check sparse warnings, stack usage, init/exit sections;
> 9. don't use // comments;
> 10. use printk levels
> 11. pPCI_DEV: bad naming (throughout driver; don't use mixed case)
> 12. some comments are unreadable (non-ASCII ?)
> 13. uintNN_t int types: use kernel types except for userspace interfaces
> 14. use kernel-doc
> 15. try to fit source files into 80 columns

Unfortunately I've gone and applied a huge driver update from Erich, so
none of this applies any more.

A recut would be appreciated. Please include your additional suggestions:

16. Tab size in Linux kernel is 8 (not less).
17. Don't put changelog comments in source files. That's what
SCMs are for (source code manager tools).
18. Put arcmsr.txt in Documentation/scsi/, not in scsi/arcmsr/.
19. Maybe use sysfs (/sys) instead of /proc.

In the updated changelog, thanks.
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