Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [PATCH 1/2] ivtv: Some general fixes

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Mon Dec 03 2007 - 08:12:56 EST



Em Dom, 2007-12-02 Ãs 20:49 +0100, Hans Verkuil escreveu:
> On Sunday 02 December 2007 18:46, Richard Knutsson wrote:
> > Fix "warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer".
>
> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Remove a gcc-2.95 requirement.
>
> NACK! The main v4l-dvb repository that contains this driver can also be
> compiled on older systems. I'd like to keep the option that the driver
> can be compiled with an older gcc version, unless Mauro thinks
> otherwise. Other than the removal of one comment and one space there
> are no other benefits of this change, so I'd prefer to keep it.

>From my POV, I don't see any reason to remove the required space to keep
gcc-2.95 compatibility.

The required extra whitespace is a small CodingStyle violation, but may
help to use the same driver code for systems that still use gcc-2.95.
So, it seems valid to keep this whitespace. Besides that, it is properly
commented.

Cheers,
Mauro

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