Re: Sparse fixes

[Robin Schroer]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 01:55:26PM -0300, Lucas Tanure wrote:
> Hi, If I do :
> 
> $ cat drivers/staging/android/TODO
> TODO:
> - checkpatch.pl cleanups
> - *sparse fixes*
> - rename files to be not so "generic"
> - make sure things build as modules properly
> - add proper arch dependencies as needed
> - audit userspace interfaces to make sure they are sane
> 
> Please send patches to Greg Kroah-Hartman  and Cc:
> Brian Swetland 
> 
> 
> *What are sparse fixes ? *
> *It's a tool to run in the kernel code ? *
> 
Yes, it is a code analysis tool that tries to detect logical errors the
compiler won't complain about. See http://kernelnewbies.org/Sparse for
more info.

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Re: Eudyptula Challenge status

[Robin Schroer]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 05:11:46PM -0300, Raphael Philipe wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Is someone taking the Eudyptula Challenge here?
> 
> I was answering the tasks when suddenly it stopped returning my
> messages (with corrections or new tasks). Since Little Penguin tell us
> about any break, I was curious to ask.
> 
> I've sent task 15 answer on  27th of July and got no reply since then.
> 
> I've heard about a troll in the LKML trying to push non-sense patchs,
> so I decided to ask.
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/8/4/206
I don't think Nick has anything to do with this.

> 
> Has someone heard from Little Penguin recently?
> 
I sent my last submission on July 28th, no answer since then. I guess
Little is either really busy, or down for maintenance or something like
that. Give it some time, he will come back, or at least send out a
status email like the last time this happened.

> Thank you.
> 

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