[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] PPC4xx: Add Ethernet 1000BASE-X support for PPC4xx

Larry Johnson lrj at arlinx.com
Mon Oct 29 20:43:57 CET 2007


Stefan Roese wrote:
> On Monday 29 October 2007, Jon Loeliger wrote:
>> On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 13:41, Larry Johnson wrote:
>>> Would it be better to run Lindent on the original files, post those as
>>> changes, and then post a second patch with the new material?
>> In my opinion, yes, please.
> 
> Yes, please do the coding style cleanup first, and the "real" patch later in a 
> separate commit. Otherwise it will very hard to make out your changes in the 
> commit-diff.
> 
>>> BTW, I've noticed that the "Lindent -pcs" format is used inconsistently
>>> within files.  Since I'm also making changes in Linux, it's hard to
>>> remember whether to type "foo(bar);" or "foo (bar);",
>> In my opinion, "foo (bar)" is bad style, and I prefer
>> the Linux form, "foo(bar)".
> 
> This is my way of coding too. Mainly because I'm used to doing it this way and 
> Linux uses it too. But I know that Wolfgang prefers the "other" style. My 
> vote would be, when you really run Lindent on this file (or other), switch to 
> the Linux style completely.
> 
> Best regards,
> Stefan
> 
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Thanks everyone for the suggests.  I will split the cosmetic from the
functional patches and resubmit for further comments.

Best regards, Larry




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