Re: need for packed attribute

[Pete Zaitcev]

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:26:17 +0000, Russell King <rmk+lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 09:20:06AM -0800, Pete Zaitcev wrote:

> > P.S. I am repeating myself as Katon, but I am yet to see why any of
> > this matters. Neither Russell nor Oliver ever presented a case where
> > an unpacked struct caused breakage in USB.
> 
> If you would like to refresh your memory (which is obviously faulty)
> you'll see that my involvement in this thread was merely to answer
> a simple question about structure sizes.

Isn't it exactly what I just wrote, and you quoted?

> It was not a bug report about USB breaking.  Therefore, I have no
> case to present.

The thread started with Oliver posting a patch. And later, he appealed
to your authority.

It seems that we both are saying that there's no problem, no case,
no nothing.

-- Pete
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