linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] fbdev: sm712fb: use type "u8" for 8-bit I/O.

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Date:   Sun, 31 Mar 2019 18:16:17 +0100
From:   Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:     Yifeng Li <tomli@...li.me>
Cc:     Teddy Wang <teddy.wang@...iconmotion.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] fbdev: sm712fb: use type "u8" for 8-bit I/O.

On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 01:17:53PM +0800, Yifeng Li wrote:
> This commit converts "unsigned int" and "int" in I/O wrappers
> to "u8". It improves readability since it's consistent with
> the prototypes of readb() and writeb(). More importantly, it
> reduces readers' confusion, since the upcoming 2D acceleration
> code will use a different wordsize.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yifeng Li <tomli@...li.me>

Tested-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>

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Regards
Sudip