On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 3:11 PM, John Whitmore [off-list ref] wrote:

On Sun, Nov 01, 2015 at 03:34:15PM -0500, Aruna Hewapathirane wrote:

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I'd like to understand what is either wrong with code or chcekpatch

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$ scripts/checkpatch.pl drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c

John,

Please run checkpatch.pl with the -f switch/flag like shown below:

scripts/checkpatch.pl  *-f *drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c

also run scripts/checkpatch.pl --help and read.

[ -f, --file  treat FILE as regular source file ]

Thanks - Aruna

Oops sorry I should have checked there :-( thanks a million for you help

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 !
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