[Prism54-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/14] prism54: bring up to sync with prism54.org cvs rep

Andrew Morton akpm@osdl.org
Thu, 27 May 2004 12:05:44 -0700


Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>  Luis, you, or somebody should create a new patch series with just the 
>  critical fixes, NO WHITESPACE/FORMATTING CHANGES mixed in, and send 
>  those first.

Whitespace changes are often nice, but they should be the very first
patch[es] in the series.  You should be able to verify that the .o file was
unchanged before and after.

That way they become a no-brainer and it becomes easier to review and
understand the substantive changes.