[PATCH 1/2] ARM: shmobile: R8A7779: add Ether support
Sergei Shtylyov
sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com
Wed Apr 3 09:22:22 EDT 2013
Hello.
On 03-04-2013 4:08, Kuninori Morimoto wrote:
>>> Then, this (void *pdata) should be
>>> (struct sh_eth_plat_data *pdata) IMO
>> ether_device.dev.platform_data is 'void *'. I didn't want to bring in
>> extra header for the little use.
> Not enough reason for me.
> "void *" means there is no pointer check,
> and extra header is just 1 line. No ?
There's no pointer check either if we just initialize the 'platform_data'
member as part of the platfrom device initializer, so we can actually stuff
pointer to any nonsense there. Why make this case different?
> If you want to use this style,
> then, additional extra header is fate, IMO
We can agree to disagree here. :-)
WBR, Sergei
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