On Wed, 2012-09-26 at 07:55 +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:41:00 -0600 Khalid Aziz <khalid.a...@hp.com> wrote: > > > > Replace very long constants for EFI variable attributes with > > shorter and more convenient names. Also create an alias for > > the current longer names so as to not break compatibility > > with current API since these constants are used by > > userspace programs. > > Why do this? It just looks like churn for no real gain. >
This is for code cleanup and does not impact functionality. This is based upon an earlier discussion - <https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/13/320>. The goal is to make the code more readable. V1 of this patch was discussed at <https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/20/414>. -- Khalid Aziz <khalid.a...@hp.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
