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@@ -3469,12 +3469,19 @@ Coding Standards: ----------------- All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel -coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux -kernel source directory. - -Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts -in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style -comments (//) in your code. +coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script +"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources +originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding +spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used. + +Source files originating from a different project (for example the +MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not +reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those +sources. + +Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in +Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//) +in your code. Please also stick to the following formatting rules: - remove any trailing white space |