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Message-ID: <5245411.kmNEkqpVVS@wuerfel>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:25:13 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>
Cc:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: use s8 instead of char

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 5:10:51 PM CEST Jes Sorensen wrote:
> 
> Arnd,
> 
> rtlwifi and rtl8xxxu are two distinct drivers managed by different
> people. I'd be really nice if you could split this into a per driver
> patch.
> 
> That said, the use of char in rtl8xxxu is all as a flag indicator, so I
> don't think the s/char/s8/ conversion is justified. I used char rather
> than ugly bool to reduce the size of the struct.

Makes sense, I'll resend without that change. If anything, the flag
should become u8, not s8 anyway.

	Arnd

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