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List:       linux-doc
Subject:    Re: Aw: Re: [PATCH 0/5] HID: roccat: Achieve userspace notification
From:       Jiri Kosina <jkosina () suse ! cz>
Date:       2010-12-09 13:52:24
Message-ID: alpine.LNX.2.00.1012091451400.508 () pobox ! suse ! cz
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On Thu, 9 Dec 2010, Stefan Achatz wrote:

> > I have applied the series, and removed the #pragma pack ugliness. Thanks,
> 

> Hello Jiri,
> Using my patch replacing the #pragma pack with the __packed macro would 
> have saved you some time: https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/27/14

Ah, missed that. Never mind.

> Just for the future: Whats better using the verbose version 
> __attribute__ ((__packed__)) or the macro __packed as I did?

I don't think I really care deeply here.

For some rationale why these shortcuts exist, please see commit 
82ddcb0405704.

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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