[U-Boot] [RFC PATCH] USB style patch

michael trimarchi at gandalf.sssup.it
Wed Nov 26 12:23:24 CET 2008


Hi,

Remy Bohmer wrote:
> Hello Michael,
>
> Nice work, but I have a few small comments:
>
>   
>> +                       case USB_PROT_HID_MOUSE:
>> +                               printf("Mouse");
>> +                               break;
>> +                       default:
>> +                               printf("reserved");
>>                        }
>>                        break;
>>     
>
>   
I check it.
> A default case without a break...
>
>   
>> +               case US_SC_SCSI:
>> +                       printf("Transp. SCSI");
>>                        break;
>>                default:
>> -                       printf("%s",usb_get_class_desc(dclass));
>> +                       printf("reserved");
>> +                       break;
>>     
>
> And a default case with a break...
> I see the 'break' keyword is not being used very consequent across all
> these files/switch-statements.
>
>   
I check
>> -               printf("  NOTE: this command is obsolete and will be phased out\n");
>> -               printf("  please use 'usb storage' for USB storage devices information\n\n");
>> +               printf("  NOTE: this command is obsolete and will be"
>> +                       " phased out\n");
>> +               printf("  please use 'usb storage' for USB storage devices"
>> +                       " information\n\n");
>>     
>
> I believe it is good to keep line lengths below 80 characters in
> general, but code should not become less readable by this.
> In case of printf lines, it becomes more difficult to 'grep' for the
> strings printed in the terminal to find them back in the code.
> So, I am very curious about the point of view Wolfgang about this
> rule. (How strict does this rule need to be applied?)
>   
I prefer to break the line but I wait for Walfgang answer.
> Kind Regards,
>
> Remy
>
>   
Regards Michael


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