Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:30:23 +0300 | From | Pekka Enberg <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: add typdef removal tool |
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On 19.9.2010 11.49, Joe Perches wrote: > On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 11:19 +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez >> <lrodriguez@atheros.com> wrote: >>> If you are porting drivers and need to remove tydpefs you can use >>> this to help you port the driver faster. Until we don't have a fully >>> correct and complete way to do this through Coccinelle spatch we >>> might as well help developers porting drivers with something. spatch >>> also has a learning curve, people working on staging may not end >>> up using it for a while. >> How come this script never made it to the kernel tree? > General lack of interest? > > Probably the same reason that similar patches didn't. > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/88026/ Scripts like these are sure handy when dealing with the crap in staging tree. Maybe we can convince Greg to take them in.
Pekka
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