On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 06:01:03PM -0700, Tom Duffy wrote:
>
> Solaris build makes sure files passes a "lint" test during the build and
> nothing can be checked in until such a test can pass.
>
> Would it make sense to add such a test during kernel compile for Linux?
> Something that could be turned off if somebody needed really fast
> builds. This would check for things like whitespace violations and
> other things that violate CodingStyle.
>
> People tend to fix things quick if they break the build.
This works _after_ the kernel has been cleaned up.
And then there's the issue that some code (e.g. ACPI or XFS) is shared
between Linux and other OS's, and therefore a limited amount of
divergence from usual kernel coding style is allowed in such code.
> -tduffy
cu
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