Re: [PATCH] kernel/module.c has something to hide. (whitespace
cleanup)
[Posted May 11, 2005 by corbet]
| From: |
| Andrew Morton <akpm-AT-osdl.org> |
| To: |
| Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml-AT-dif.dk> |
| Subject: |
| Re: [PATCH] kernel/module.c has something to hide. (whitespace
cleanup) |
| Date: |
| Tue, 10 May 2005 17:23:32 -0700 |
| Cc: |
| davem-AT-davemloft.net, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org |
Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> wrote:
>
> >
> > Well I suppose I could live with a few REALLY REALLY BIG patches to do
this
> > to lots of files, but if it's the old death-by-1000-cuts, I'm gonna call
> > uncle this time.
> >
> These things annoy me, so if you are willing to accept a few patches (in
> the 10-20 range) that clean most (I'm not going to say all) of this stuff
> up, then I'm game. Give me a few days (more likely a week or two or
> slightly more) and I'll get that done. Those patches *will* be big
> though...
OK, a few 100k-400k patches would suit.
Make the patches against latest -linus tree. I'll then apply them on top
of latest -mm, discard all the rejects and then rediff against -linus.
That way we end up with a patch which minimises the number of conflicts
with other people's ongoing work.
