From: Alan Cox <alan-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
To: Oliver Neukum <oneukum-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>,
linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hmc6352: Add driver for the HMC6352 compass
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100617134650.501b14bb@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201006171426.08442.oneukum-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
> > Its an array anyway - there isn't as such a 'correct macro' nor
> > does it need to be using one.
>
> So why does he use this unstructured data? Do we just hope the
> compiler is good enough on big endian architectures?
Its an array because it comes from an i2c bus which is a bytestream.
There is no structure on the i2c bus and the device is defined to
return a pair of bytes in this manner.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-17 12:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-16 12:16 [PATCH] hmc6352: Add driver for the HMC6352 compass Alan Cox
[not found] ` <20100616121534.26294.12540.stgit-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-16 12:43 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <201006161443.45375.oneukum-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-17 11:20 ` Alan Cox
[not found] ` <20100617122048.142def43-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-17 12:26 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <201006171426.08442.oneukum-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-17 12:46 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2010-06-16 13:10 ` Jean Delvare
[not found] ` <20100616151056.181234b0-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-17 11:50 ` Alan Cox
[not found] ` <20100617125056.6d648ee7-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-17 12:19 ` Jonathan Cameron
[not found] ` <4C1A12C6.6070704-KWPb1pKIrIJaa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-17 13:14 ` Alan Cox
[not found] ` <20100617141440.030f1de9-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-17 14:52 ` Jean Delvare
[not found] ` <20100617165250.5986fbf7-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-17 15:17 ` Alan Cox
[not found] ` <20100617161754.39bd116e-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-17 15:56 ` Jean Delvare
2010-06-16 14:46 ` Jonathan Cameron
[not found] ` <4C18E3B8.7020308-KWPb1pKIrIJaa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-17 11:34 ` Alan Cox
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