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Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:19:26 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
To:     Bence Csókás <bence98@....bme.hu>
Cc:     linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix 'assignment to __be16' warning

Hi Bence,

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:53:02AM +0000, Bence Csókás wrote:
> While the preamble field _is_ technically big-endian, its value is always 0x2A2A,
> which is the same in either endianness, therefore it should be u16 instead.

Why should it be u16? I don't see it.

I thought the fix would be to add the suffix 'U' to 0x2A2A when it is
assigned to preamble?

Also, please use "i2c: cp2615: <patch header>" in the $subject

Happy hacking,

   Wolfram


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