Re: Fix files with checkpatch errors/warnings
Cyril Roelandt <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-newbie |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 12/22/2011 01:49 AM, Alejandro del Rio wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm completely new to linux kernel development and I would like to > make a very first contribution by "cleaning" some files. I noticed > that the script checkpatch.pl (inside scripts/ folder) report lots of > style errors on some drivers. > For example try running ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --file > drivers/video/*, you will notice that most of the files contain style > issues. > > My questions are: Is people actively fixing this? Maybe they are not > very interested on fixing this typos... Otherwise, could I contribute > by submitting patches on this? > And finally, if I do so, to who should I show this fixes? Maybe you could help the Kernel Janitors : http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#kernel-janitors They "go through the linux kernel sources, doing code reviews, fixing up unmaintained code and doing other cleanups and API conversion." Cyril. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs