netdev - RE: [PATCH 05/22] acpica: Replace comments with C99 initializers

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Date:   Thu, 31 Mar 2022 19:27:29 +0000
From:   "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH 05/22] acpica: Replace comments with C99 initializers



-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> 
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2022 1:00 PM
To: Benjamin Stürz <benni@...erz.xyz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/22] acpica: Replace comments with C99 initializers

On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 7:39 PM Benjamin Stürz <benni@...erz.xyz> wrote:
>
> This replaces comments with C99's designated initializers because the 
> kernel supports them now.

Does it follow the conventions which are accepted in the ACPI CA project?

No, it doesn't. ACPICA must work with many compilers, some of which are rather old. So, we don't support these initializers.
Bob

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko