linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] Staging: olpc_dcon: replace some magic numbers

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Date:	Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:13:38 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Jens Frederich <jfrederich@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	jon.nettleton@...il.com, dsd@...top.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Staging: olpc_dcon: replace some magic numbers

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 09:34:55PM +0200, Jens Frederich wrote:
> The 0x42 initialize squence 0x101 is wrong.  According to
> the specification Bit 8 is reserved, thus not in use.
> I removed it.

Really these code changes should be in a separate patch and labeled
"Don't set reserved bit." instead of hidden away inside a cleanup
patch.

regards,
dan carpenter

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