include/asm/ got removed in v1.1.45. Two decades later it's about time to stop worrying whether patches still touch it.
Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebo...@tiscali.nl> --- Lightly tested. scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index a8368d1c4348..4975f251ba80 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2333,11 +2333,6 @@ sub process { WARN("PATCH_PREFIX", "patch prefix '$p1_prefix' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch\n"); } - - if ($realfile =~ m@^include/asm/@) { - ERROR("MODIFIED_INCLUDE_ASM", - "do not modify files in include/asm, change architecture specific files in include/asm-<architecture>\n" . "$here$rawline\n"); - } $found_file = 1; } -- 2.7.4