Re: [PATCH 475] HP300 LANCE

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sun Oct 31 2004 - 06:44:25 EST


Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>content looks OK, but patch appears to be whitespace-challenged...
> >>
> >
> >
> > It applies successfully.
>
> I'm talking about the _other_ type of "whitespace challenged", such as,
>
> - volatile struct lance_regs *ll;
> + unsigned long base;
>
> and
>
> - void *va = dio_scodetoviraddr(scode);
> + unsigned long pa = dio_scodetophysaddr(scode);
> + unsigned long va = (pa + DIO_VIRADDRBASE);
>
> Reading through the patch you can see other one-space-off spots.
>

That's because the stoopid driver is using spaces instead of tabs all over
the place. It comes out visually OK once the patch is applied. But it's a
useful reminder of how much dreck we have in the tree.
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