Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Feb 24 2014 - 17:03:12 EST


On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 16:52 -0500, Tom Rini wrote:
> I've been lead to
> believe that most cases now people should be using regmap instead, which
> just leaves the case of having to match on-disk formats or similar cases
> I believe as the things that must stay __packed.

__packed is also necessary for on-wire networking protocols.


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