Re: [PATCH 10/10] staging: solo6x10: Avoid extern declaration by reworking module parameter

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On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:48:33 +0200
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu July 19 2012 20:41:11 Ismael Luceno wrote:
> > On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:25:09 -0300
> > Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Ismael Luceno
> > > <ismael.luceno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Ezequiel Garcia
> > > > <elezegarcia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >> This patch moves video_nr module parameter to core.c
> > > >> and then passes that parameter as an argument to functions
> > > >> that need it.
> > > >> This way we avoid the extern declaration and parameter
> > > >> dependencies are better exposed.
> > > > <...>
> > > >
> > > > NACK.
> > > >
> > > > The changes to video_nr are supposed to be preserved.
> > > 
> > > Mmm, I'm sorry but I don't see any functionality change in this
> > > patch, just a cleanup.
> > > 
> > > What do you mean by "changes to video_nr are supposed to be
> > > preserved"?
> > 
> > It is modified by solo_enc_alloc, which is called multiple times by
> > solo_enc_v4l2_init.
> 
> You don't need to modify it at all. video_register_device() will start
> looking for a free video node number starting at video_nr and counting
> upwards, so increasing video_nr has no purpose. Leaving it out will
> give you exactly the same result.

Oh, didn't know that. Interesting.
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