Re: [PATCH] scsi: aic7xxx: avoid checkpatch error

From: James Bottomley
Date: Thu Jul 20 2023 - 07:25:55 EST

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On Thu, 2023-07-20 at 17:57 +0800, sunran001@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> ERROR: do not initialise statics to NULL

We don't accept checkpatch fixes on drivers, particularly not old ones.
The reason is very simple: checkpatch keeps updating, so they would
cause endless churn and a vastly increased risk of introducing bugs
into older drivers. Checkpatch.pl as the name implies is for checking
patches only.

James

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