[PATCH 2/3] HID: roccat: declaring meaning of pack pragma usage in koneplus driver

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Using pack pragma to prevent padding bytes in binary data structures
used for hardware communication. Explanation of these pragmas was requested.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Achatz <erazor_de@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.h |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.h b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.h
index bf750fa..c25a799 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.h
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.h
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+/*
+ * Binary data structures for communication with hardware must have no padding.
+ */
 #pragma pack(push)
 #pragma pack(1)
 
-- 
1.7.2.3



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