On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:31:38 -0500 Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:02:17 -0800 Sumant Patro wrote:
> >
> > See Documentation/SubmittingPatches:
> > Please include output of "diffstat -p1 -w70" so that we can easily see
> > the scope of the changes.
> >
> > and see Documentation/CodingStyle for comments below:
> >
> >
> >> diff -uprN linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c linux-2.6.new/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
> >> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c 2006-12-28 09:56:04.000000000 -0800
> >> +++ linux-2.6.new/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c 2006-12-29 05:31:48.000000000 -0800
> >> @@ -779,6 +780,22 @@ megaraid_init_mbox(adapter_t *adapter)
> >> goto out_release_regions;
> >> }
> >>
> >> + // initialize the mutual exclusion lock for the mailbox
> >> + spin_lock_init(&raid_dev->mailbox_lock);
> >
> > Linux uses /*...*/ C89-style comments, not // C99 comments.
>
> Randy
> It is about time this absurd stipulation was dropped.
> Are there any C compilers that can compile the linux
> kernel and that don't accept both _standard_ comment styles?
It's not a technical issue, it's just a style point.
---
~Randy
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