Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 May 2008 21:14:02 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] [net/irda]: Fix a misalign access issue. | From | David Miller <> |
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From: "Yang, Graf" <Graf.Yang@analog.com> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:07:35 +0800
> I have tried > struct irda_device_info { > __u32 saddr; /* Address of local interface */ > __u32 daddr; /* Address of remote device */ > char info[22]; /* Description */ > __u8 charset; /* Charset used for description */ > __u8 reserve; /* For align data */ > __u8 hints[2]; /* Hint bits */ > }; > > It works with my irda driver. Can I modify it like this?
This header file and the irda_device_info datastructure are exported to, and used by, userspace.
Therefore you cannot change this structure's layout without breaking every single existing IRDA binary out there.
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