Re: [PATCH] PNP: make the resource type an unsigned long

[Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>]

On Monday 11 August 2008 04:08:18 pm H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > 
> > I see hpa's point that it makes no functional difference, but I do
> > think it's worthwhile to make the types match.  I don't want to
> > debug the problem that happens when somebody adds an IORESOURCE_*
> > flag in the upper bits.
> 
> Then half the platforms break anyway.
> 
> We should change this to an explicit type.

Are you suggesting a change to the "unsigned long flags" in struct
resource, or a different change to pnp_resource_type()?

The struct resource change sounds reasonable, but I think neither
Rene nor I want to sign up to do that right now.

Whatever we have in struct resource, I think it makes sense to use
the same type everywhere we reference the "flags" element.  I think
you're saying "it doesn't matter in this case that we use different
types."  But I, as a code reader, would rather not have to spend the
mental energy to convince myself that you're right.

Bjorn