From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030231AbaGPE7v (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2014 00:59:51 -0400 Received: from mail-vc0-f169.google.com ([209.85.220.169]:38692 "EHLO mail-vc0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759523AbaGPE7t (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2014 00:59:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1405485592.14773.29.camel@joe-AO725> References: <1405481937.14773.8.camel@joe-AO725> <1405484621.14773.22.camel@joe-AO725> <1405485592.14773.29.camel@joe-AO725> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 00:59:48 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Checkpatch Feature Idea: Search directory for files with errors and warnings with -d argument From: Nick Krause To: Joe Perches Cc: Andrew Morton , josh@joshtriplett.org, robh@kernel.org, florian.vaussard@epfl.ch, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:39 AM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Wed, 2014-07-16 at 00:28 -0400, Nick Krause wrote: >> I am cleaning up the kernel as it needs a lot of cleanup. > > Needs are curious things. > > Consistency is a nicety not really a need. > > Bugs need fixing. Defects need eliminating. > Enhancements are appreciated. Inconsistent > code style is a minor annoyance. > > I suggest you focus on the bugs, defects or > enhancements in performance or testing. > > Are you really cross-compiling the patches you > submit here or do you have an alpha on your desk? > > I am cross compiling then. I don't have the hardware :(. Nick