linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] ACPI / bus: Switch to use new generic UUID API

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Date:   Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:20:16 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] ACPI / bus: Switch to use new generic UUID API

On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 18:03 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +	in_params[0].buffer.pointer	= (u8 *)&guid;
> 
> Any idea why the pointer is defined as a u8 * in union acpi_object
> instead of a void?

I guess this question to Rafael.

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy