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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Change comedi_num_legacy_minors type

From Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Change comedi_num_legacy_minors type
Date 2017-03-07 20:10 +0100
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On Sun, Mar 05, 2017 at 03:22:32AM +0800, Cheah Kok Cheong wrote:
> Change to unsigned to allow removal of negative value check in
> init section.

Why?

> Use smaller data type since the max possible value currently is 48.

Does it matter?

thanks,

greg k-h

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[PATCH 1/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Change comedi_num_legacy_minors type Cheah Kok Cheong <thrust73@gmail.com> - 2017-03-04 20:30 +0100
  [PATCH 2/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Fix "out of minor numbers for board device files" Cheah Kok Cheong <thrust73@gmail.com> - 2017-03-04 20:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Fix "out of minor  numbers for board device files" Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> - 2017-03-08 07:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Fix "out of minor  numbers for board device files" Cheah Kok Cheong <thrust73@gmail.com> - 2017-03-08 11:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 2/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Fix "out of minor  numbers for board device files" Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> - 2017-03-08 12:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 2/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Fix "out of minor  numbers for board device files" Cheah Kok Cheong <thrust73@gmail.com> - 2017-03-08 18:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Change  comedi_num_legacy_minors type Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-03-07 20:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Change  comedi_num_legacy_minors type Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-03-08 11:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Change  comedi_num_legacy_minors type Cheah Kok Cheong <thrust73@gmail.com> - 2017-03-08 11:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: comedi: comedi_fops: Change  comedi_num_legacy_minors type Cheah Kok Cheong <thrust73@gmail.com> - 2017-03-08 11:40 +0100

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