[coreboot] r3762 - trunk/coreboot-v2/src/mainboard/tyan/s2895

Stefan Reinauer stepan at coresystems.de
Thu Nov 20 21:22:24 CET 2008


Myles Watson wrote:
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org [mailto:coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org]
>> On Behalf Of svn at coreboot.org
>> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:26 PM
>> To: coreboot at coreboot.org
>> Subject: [coreboot] r3762 - trunk/coreboot-v2/src/mainboard/tyan/s2895
>>
>> Author: stepan
>> Date: 2008-11-20 20:26:16 +0100 (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
>> New Revision: 3762
>>
>> Modified:
>>    trunk/coreboot-v2/src/mainboard/tyan/s2895/cache_as_ram_auto.c
>> Log:
>> OK, people, watch this.
>>
>> This is a school book example of why trivial indent patches just suck
>> big time.
>>
>> This error was introduced by a trivial self-acked indent patch and was
>> never detected (because of a missing Config-abuild.lb)
>>
>> So, indenting the code for no reason can make it a lot worse (read:
>> break it) instead of improving it.
>>
>> I ask everyone to keep this in mind when going on indent-frenzy again.
>>     
>
> Guilty.  I apologize.

;-)  You have to break an egg to make an omelet.

I checked in a Config-abuild.lb that would expose such a breakage now.

All the best,

Stefan

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