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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Cc: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk, devel@linuxdriverproject.org,
	gregkh@suse.de, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers: brcmaxi: provide amba axi functionality in separate module
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:53:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201103301453.48607.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D91B856.8040302@suse.cz>

On Tuesday 29 March 2011, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 03/29/2011 11:40 AM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/brcmaxi/axi.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,786 @@
> ...
> > +/* resetctrl */
> > +#define	AIRC_RESET		1
> > +
> > +/* definition for specifying padding fields */
> > +#define	_PADLINE(line)	pad ## line
> > +#define	_XSTR(line)	_PADLINE(line)
> > +#define	PAD		_XSTR(__LINE__)
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * struct aidmp - device management plugin "wrapper" registers.
> > + */
> > +struct aidmp {
> 
> This looks like it should be __packed__.

Why that? Adding the packed attribute would enforce byte access but
not change the layout of the structure, so I think that would make
it worse not better.

	Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-30 12:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-29  9:40 [PATCH 0/1] new module for amba axi on-chip interconnect Arend van Spriel
2011-03-29  9:40 ` [PATCH 1/1] drivers: brcmaxi: provide amba axi functionality in separate module Arend van Spriel
2011-03-29 10:45   ` Jiri Slaby
2011-03-30 12:53     ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2011-03-31 13:48       ` Jiri Slaby
2011-03-31 13:51         ` Russell King
2011-03-31 14:09           ` Jiri Slaby
2011-03-31 14:14             ` Russell King
2011-03-31 16:10               ` Jiri Slaby
2011-04-01  9:14                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-29 13:14 ` [PATCH 0/1] new module for amba axi on-chip interconnect Greg KH
2011-03-29 18:19 ` Russell King
2011-03-30 13:09   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-30 17:40     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-30 18:24       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-30 19:08         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-01 15:40           ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-29 18:30 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-03-29 18:40 ` Russell King

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