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Message-ID: <1393279377.11020.66.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:02:57 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Tom Rini <trini@...com>
Cc:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 16:52 -0500, Tom Rini wrote:
> I've been lead to
> believe that most cases now people should be using regmap instead, which
> just leaves the case of having to match on-disk formats or similar cases
> I believe as the things that must stay __packed.

__packed is also necessary for on-wire networking protocols.


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