linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] dmi: Move memdev_dmi

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:36:05 +0200
From:   Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
To:     Matt Roper <matthew.d.roper@...el.com>
Cc:     intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@....samsung.com>,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] dmi: Move memdev_dmi_entry definition to dmi.h (v2)

Hi Matt, Mauro,

On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:18:20 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Tue,  8 Mar 2016 10:32:37 -0800, Matt Roper wrote:
> > A couple of the EDAC drivers have a nice memdev_dmi_entry structure for
> > decoding DMI memory device entries.  Move the structure definition to
> > dmi.h so that it can be shared between those drivers and also other
> > parts of the kernel; the i915 graphics driver is going to need to use
> > this structure soon as well.  As part of this move we rename the
> > structure s/memdev_dmi_entry/dmi_entry_memdev/ to ensure it has a proper
> > 'dmi' prefix.
> > 
> > v2:
> >  - Rename structure to dmi_entry_memdev.  (Jean)
> >  - Use __packed instead of __attribute__((__packed__)) for consistency
> >    with the rest of the dmi.h header.  (Jean)  
> 
> Looks better. (...)

What happened to this patch? I never received v3. Is it sill needed?

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support