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Message-ID: <898d9b03-bcaf-ec1b-2539-a290ab89aead@gmx.de>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jul 2023 07:47:33 +0200
From:   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next][V2] video: fbdev: kyro: make some const read-only
 arrays static and reduce type size

On 7/12/23 18:11, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Don't populate the const read-only arrays on the stack but instead
> make them static const. Use smaller types to use less storage for
> the arrays.  Also makes the object code a little smaller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>

applied.

Thanks!
Helge

> ---
>
> V2: Use smaller int types, kudos to Helge Deller for suggesting this
>
> ---
>   drivers/video/fbdev/kyro/STG4000InitDevice.c | 10 +++++-----
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/kyro/STG4000InitDevice.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/kyro/STG4000InitDevice.c
> index edfa0a04854d..79886a246638 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/kyro/STG4000InitDevice.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/kyro/STG4000InitDevice.c
> @@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ volatile u32 i,count=0; \
>   static u32 InitSDRAMRegisters(volatile STG4000REG __iomem *pSTGReg,
>   			      u32 dwSubSysID, u32 dwRevID)
>   {
> -	u32 adwSDRAMArgCfg0[] = { 0xa0, 0x80, 0xa0, 0xa0, 0xa0 };
> -	u32 adwSDRAMCfg1[] = { 0x8732, 0x8732, 0xa732, 0xa732, 0x8732 };
> -	u32 adwSDRAMCfg2[] = { 0x87d2, 0x87d2, 0xa7d2, 0x87d2, 0xa7d2 };
> -	u32 adwSDRAMRsh[] = { 36, 39, 40 };
> -	u32 adwChipSpeed[] = { 110, 120, 125 };
> +	static const u8 adwSDRAMArgCfg0[] = { 0xa0, 0x80, 0xa0, 0xa0, 0xa0 };
> +	static const u16 adwSDRAMCfg1[] = { 0x8732, 0x8732, 0xa732, 0xa732, 0x8732 };
> +	static const u16 adwSDRAMCfg2[] = { 0x87d2, 0x87d2, 0xa7d2, 0x87d2, 0xa7d2 };
> +	static const u8 adwSDRAMRsh[] = { 36, 39, 40 };
> +	static const u8 adwChipSpeed[] = { 110, 120, 125 };
>   	u32 dwMemTypeIdx;
>   	u32 dwChipSpeedIdx;
>