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authorBaruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>2017-12-10 17:34:35 +0200
committerTom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>2017-12-12 21:34:10 -0500
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README: update the kernel coding style reference
The old CodingStyle document has been converted to ReST and moved elsewhere. Link to the web version of this document instead. Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
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@@ -5126,8 +5126,9 @@ Coding Standards:
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All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
-coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
-"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
+coding style; see the kernel coding style guide at
+https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html, and the
+script "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
Source files originating from a different project (for example the
MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not