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SubjectRe: [RFC: -mm patch] drivers/net/atl1/: possible cleanups
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 06:19:10PM -0600, Jay Cliburn wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 23:12:29 +0100
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
>...
> > This patch contains the following possible cleanups:
> > - move extern declarations to atl1.h
> > - make needlessly global code static
>
> Adrian,
>
> The atl1 driver currently follows this development pathway:
>
> developer -> netdev#atl1 -> netdev#ALL -> -mm
>
> Your patch is just a little bit out ahead of us. Some of your suggested
> changes are already in the pipeline; we're just waiting for Jeff to
> merge netdev#atl1 into netdev#ALL. Should be soon.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > BTW: Can we get a MAINTAINERS entry for this driver?
>
> Already submitted to netdev#atl1.
>
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/3/174

:-)

> > -s32 atl1_setup_ring_resources(struct atl1_adapter *adapter);
> > -void atl1_free_ring_resources(struct atl1_adapter *adapter);
> > +
> > +extern char atl1_driver_name[];
> > +extern char atl1_driver_version[];
>
> netdev#atl1 already has this change.
>
> The rest of these I'll bundle up and submit to netdev#atl1, too. Will
> that work for you?
>...

Do what you consider the right thing - I don't care how it gets into the
various trees.

cu
Adrian

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of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
"Only a promise," Lao Er said.
Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed

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