On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 18:03 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >> > + in_params[0].buffer.pointer = (u8 *)&guid; >> >> Any idea why the pointer is defined as a u8 * in union acpi_object >> instead of a void? > > I guess this question to Rafael.
That data type is defined in upstream ACPICA and the reason why it is defined the way it is has something to do with history I suppose. Thanks, Rafael
