WARNING: line length of 86 exceeds 80 columns #60: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c:7571: + /* systems with ASPM and others may see the checksum fail on the first WARNING: Block comments should align the * on each line #61: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c:7572: + /* systems with ASPM and others may see the checksum fail on the first + * attempt. Let's give it a few tries CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis #111: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/param.c:549: + e1000_validate_option(&verify_nvm_checksum, &opt, + adapter); WARNING: The commit message has 'stable@', perhaps it also needs a 'Fixes:' tag? CHECK: From:/Signed-off-by: email comments mismatch: 'From: Jacek Kowalski ' != 'Signed-off-by: Jacek Kowalski ' total: 0 errors, 3 warnings, 2 checks, 75 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. Commit 7388e16d2253 ("e1000e: add option not to verify NVM checksum") has style problems, please review. NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE GIT_COMMIT_ID MACRO_ARG_REUSE NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. total: 0 errors, 3 warnings, 2 checks, 75 lines checked