Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:04:57 -0500 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions |
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On 02/24/2014 05:02 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 16:52 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: >> I've been lead to >> believe that most cases now people should be using regmap instead, which >> just leaves the case of having to match on-disk formats or similar cases >> I believe as the things that must stay __packed. > > __packed is also necessary for on-wire networking protocols.
Indeed, and there's probably a few other valid cases I'm also forgetting. But the common case is hardware, where regmap is now preferred.
I've got this modified to a CHK and only for non-file usage. Anything else we want to talk about before I repost?
-- Tom
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