linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 04/28] cx25840: treat firmware data as const

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Date:	Sun, 25 May 2008 15:36:31 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sam@...nborg.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Tyler Trafford <ttrafford@...il.com>,
	Mike Isely <isely@...ly.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 04/28] cx25840: treat firmware data as const

On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 12:51 +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> There is no need to do the first two bytes first. As far as I can tell 
> it was done to avoid having to allocate a local buffer. 

Thanks. I suspected as much, but wanted to err on the side of caution
since I can't test it. I'll change it in the next iteration.

-- 
dwmw2

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