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Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:37:19 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
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

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.

Just replace the assignment with htons(0x2A2A) and be done with that - it's
a constant expression and compiler will yield the same assembler.