Re: [PATCH 56/62] iwlwifi: Use static const

[Guy, Wey-Yi]

Hi Joe,

On Sat, 2010-11-20 at 18:38 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Using static const generally increases object text and decreases data size.
> It also generally decreases overall object size.
> 
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   48644	     57	  12120	  60821	   ed95	drivers/net/wireless/b43/phy_n.o.new
>   48661	     57	  12120	  60838	   eda6	drivers/net/wireless/b43/phy_n.o.old
>   37906	     86	   7904	  45896	   b348	drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.o.new
>   37937	     86	   7904	  45927	   b367	drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.o.old
>   37781	    523	   6752	  45056	   b000	drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.o.new
>   37781	    523	   6752	  45056	   b000	drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.o.old
> 
> Changed b43_nphy_write_clip_detection to take a const u16 *
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

I don't see size difference on 3945, otherwise the patch looks ok to me

Wey



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