[PATCH 1/2] [MTD] Add support for RAM & ROM mappings in the physmap_of MTD driver.

David Gibson david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Wed Mar 26 19:37:25 EDT 2008


On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 04:34:58PM +0100, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>>>>      {
>>>> +        .compatible    = "physmap-ram",
>>>> +        .data        = (void *)"map_ram",
>>>> +    },
>>>> +    {
>>>> +        .compatible    = "physmap-rom",
>>>> +        .data        = (void *)"map_rom",
>>>> +    },
>>
>>> Why the cast?  It's redundant afaics.
>>
>>   To be in line with the surrounding code...
>
> I see _that_, but it's not a great argument IMNSHO.  Could I trick
> you into preceding this patch with a cleanup patch for the existing
> casts?

Hrm.  Much as I generally dislike redundant casts, these ones do serve
to inform the reader that the data field is not always a string, which
they might otherwise assume.

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