Re: [PATCH 37/50] x86/boot/e820: Use 'enum e820_type' in 'struct e820_entry'

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 1:19 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Would it be acceptable to use enum for the kernel internal representation (our
> e820_table structures never actually comes directly, we construct it ourselves),
> and maintain the very explicitly sized ABI type for the boot protocol only (i.e.
> uapi/asm/bootparam.h)?

I guess that would work, assuming that it doesn't cause unnecessary conversions.

Looking at the patch you sent out (assuming that's the complete deal),
it looks reasonable.

               Linus