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SubjectRe: [PATCH -next v2] Shorten constant names for EFI variable attributes
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On Wed, 2012-09-26 at 07:55 +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:41:00 -0600 Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@hp.com> wrote:
> >
> > Replace very long constants for EFI variable attributes with
> > shorter and more convenient names. Also create an alias for
> > the current longer names so as to not break compatibility
> > with current API since these constants are used by
> > userspace programs.
>
> Why do this? It just looks like churn for no real gain.
>

This is for code cleanup and does not impact functionality. This is
based upon an earlier discussion -
<https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/13/320>. The goal is to make the code more
readable. V1 of this patch was discussed at
<https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/20/414>.

--
Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@hp.com>



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