<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 3:11 PM, John Whitmore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arigead@gmail.com" target="_blank">arigead@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Sun, Nov 01, 2015 at 03:34:15PM -0500, Aruna Hewapathirane wrote:<br>
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> I'd like to understand what is either wrong with code or chcekpatch<br>
> > $ scripts/<a href="http://checkpatch.pl" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">checkpatch.pl</a> drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c<br>
> ><br>
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> John,<br>
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> Please run <a href="http://checkpatch.pl" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">checkpatch.pl</a> with the -f switch/flag like shown below:<br>
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</span>> scripts/<a href="http://checkpatch.pl" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">checkpatch.pl</a> *-f *drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c<br>
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> also run scripts/<a href="http://checkpatch.pl" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">checkpatch.pl</a> --help and read.<br>
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> [ -f, --file treat FILE as regular source file ]<br>
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> Thanks - Aruna<br>
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</span>Oops sorry I should have checked there :-( thanks a million for you help<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Do not be sorry, it is the best way to learn. You make that mistake only the once :) In my case a few times more than once ! <br></div></div><br></div></div>