netdev - RE: [PATCH v5 4/8] thunderbolt: Communication with the ICM (firmware)

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Date:	Sun, 31 Jul 2016 12:07:28 +0000
From:	"Levy, Amir (Jer)" <amir.jer.levy@...el.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
CC:	"andreas.noever@...il.com" <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"bhelgaas@...gle.com" <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	"corbet@....net" <corbet@....net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	thunderbolt-linux <thunderbolt-linux@...el.com>,
	"Westerberg, Mika" <mika.westerberg@...el.com>,
	"Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 4/8] thunderbolt: Communication with the ICM
 (firmware)

On Sat, Jul 30 2016, 12:03 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:15:17 +0300
> Amir Levy <amir.jer.levy@...el.com> wrote:
> 
> > +int nhi_send_message(struct tbt_nhi_ctxt *nhi_ctxt, enum pdf_value
> pdf,
> > +		     u32 msg_len, const u8 *msg, bool ignore_icm_resp) {
> 
> Why not make msg a void * and not have to do so many casts?

I couldn't agree more.