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checkpatch - FAILED

ERROR: that open brace { should be on the previous line
#27: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c:227:
 	else
+	{

ERROR: trailing whitespace
#34: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c:232:
+^I^I/* $

WARNING: Block comments should align the * on each line
#35: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c:233:
+		/* 
+		* Report fw_on_flash in ethtool's erom_version field.

WARNING: line length of 82 exceeds 80 columns
#242: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c:1253:
+		 (ch->rx_count + ch->combined_count) > be_max_rx_irqs(adapter)) ||

total: 2 errors, 2 warnings, 0 checks, 273 lines checked

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NOTE: Whitespace errors detected.
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Commit 47ec66059619 ("net: ethernet: emulex: benet: fix adapter->fw_on_flash truncation warning") has style problems, please review.

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