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SubjectRe: [RFC/PATCH v6 02/12] media: Media device
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Hi Clemens,

Thanks for the review.

On Thursday 25 November 2010 10:33:02 Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > +struct media_device {
> > ...
> > + u8 model[32];
> > + u8 serial[40];
> > + u8 bus_info[32];
>
> All drivers and userspace applications have to treat this as char[], so
> why u8[]?

Good question. I've copied the V4L2 practice of using u8 (or __u8) for fixed-
length strings in structures. I can't think of any reason for that.

I will replace u8 with char unless someone comes up with a good reason to keep
u8.

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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