linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] [RFC] UIO: generic platform driver

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Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:59:20 +0200
From:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...utronix.de>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@...i.com>
Cc:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...utronix.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] [RFC] UIO: generic platform driver

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:41:54PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > problem? Please move the declaration to the top of the function.

> I'm not conviced and still prefer it that way.  I gave way for your
> requests in uio.c because it's your code.  I want to leave it as it is
> and hope you will accept that (as this is my code).

I looked around a bit and talked to some people. It seems that a local
variable declaration within a for{} block is OK. I still don't like it,
but I won't object any longer.

So, AFAICT you've only got that arch dependency problem left to solve.

Thanks,
Hans

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