Re: [PATCH 01/10] staging: r8188eu: remove unnecessary cast

[Martin Kaiser <lists@kaiser.cx>]

Thus wrote Phillip Potter (phil@philpotter.co.uk):

> On Sat, 21 Aug 2021 at 17:49, Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx> wrote:

> > name is a const char * by default. This type should be ok for r8188eu.

> > Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> > index e002070f7fba..72556ac10d7d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> > @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct rtw_usb_drv {
> >  };

> >  static struct rtw_usb_drv rtl8188e_usb_drv = {
> > -       .usbdrv.name = (char *)"r8188eu",
> > +       .usbdrv.name = "r8188eu",
> >         .usbdrv.probe = rtw_drv_init,
> >         .usbdrv.disconnect = rtw_dev_remove,
> >         .usbdrv.id_table = rtw_usb_id_tbl,
> > --
> > 2.20.1

Hi Phil,

> Looks ok to me, thanks. I would consider using a cover letter style
> [PATCH 00/10] style approach as an addition in future though, just my
> personal opinion.

> Acked-by: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>

Thanks.

This series is a mixed bag of things I found while poking around in the
code. So I didn't think there was anything useful to say in a cover
letter. Still, I see your point, it makes sense for a patch series to
have a cover letter, I'll add one for future patch series.

Best regards,
Martin