Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] iio: pressure: bmp280: Use uint8 to store chip ids

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 07:10:33PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 05:58:05PM +0200, Angel Iglesias wrote:
> > Represent the device id reg values using uint8 to optimize memory use.
> 
> This doesn't correspond to the code, in the code you used uint8_t.

...

> >  struct bmp280_chip_info {
> >  	unsigned int id_reg;
> > -	const unsigned int chip_id;
> > +	uint8_t chip_id;
> 
> While this will compile and even work properly in kernel we use uXX types,
> here u8.

Actually this patch doesn't optimize memory use. The alignment will create
a gap anyway.

That said, this patch is simply redundant.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko