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

[Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>]

On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 18:04, Martin Kaiser <lists@kaiser.cx> wrote:
>
> 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

Reasonable point for sure - it is your call ultimately, I like your
work in any case, so many thanks :-)

Regards,
Phil