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List:       linux-i2c
Subject:    Re: [PATCH 3/3] i2c-piix4: add AMD CZ SMBus device ID
From:       Jean Delvare <khali () linux-fr ! org>
Date:       2013-05-31 7:46:43
Message-ID: 20130531094643.5b256d2d () endymion ! delvare
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On Fri, 31 May 2013 07:33:51 +0000, Huang, Shane wrote:
> > Can you show the exact message? checkpatch doesn't complain here, and I
> > can't think of any reason why it would care about that.
> 
> $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl 0003-i2c-piix4-add-AMD-CZ-SMBus-device-ID.patch
> WARNING: Avoid CamelCase: <Hudson>
> #52: FILE: drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.c:25:
> +       AMD Hudson-2, CZ
> 
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 39 lines checked

checkpatch is twice wrong here, firstly because there is no CamelCase
and secondly because this is a comment and not code (ideally middle
comment lines would start with "*" to avoid this false positive, but
that style wasn't yet in use when the i2c-piix4 driver was written.)

So, just ignore it.

-- 
Jean Delvare
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