Re: kernel guide to space

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Fri Jul 22 2005 - 15:30:25 EST


On 7/22/05, Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 12:12:12PM -0500, Patrick Draper wrote:
> > Why isn't a code formatting program used? People could write the code
> > as they like to write it, then format it automatically in a standard
> > way before it gets put into the kernel.
> There is.
> scripts/Lindent
>
> But sometimes it fails to do the job properly and some hand formatting
> is needed. Also much of the kernel is not new stuff but expanding or
> fixing old stuff.
>
Ehh, that's exactely why I wrote "You can do some cleanup that way,
but not everything..."

Jesper
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