Hi Erez. On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 05:32:02PM -0400, Erez Zadok wrote: > The script calls checkpatch.pl on each file, and formats any error messages > to comply with standard compiler error messages: > > file_name:line_number:error_message > > This is particularly useful when run from within a text editor which can > parse these error messages and show the user a buffer with the file in > question, placing the cursor on the offending line (e.g., Emacs's "M-x > next-error" command, bound by default to C-x `).
The concept is wrong here. If we want checkpatch to generate message in standard gcc format then we should fix checkpatch and not add a wrapper script around it. For checkpatch related patches please forward them to the checkpatch maintainers. >From MAINTAINERS: CHECKPATCH P: Andy Whitcroft M: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: Randy Dunlap M: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: Joel Schopp M: [EMAIL PROTECTED] S: Supported Sam - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" 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.tux.org/lkml/