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SubjectRe: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Remove ACPI table declaration
On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 10:39:10PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Clang warns that the acpi_id declaration is not going to be emitted
> in the final assembly:
>
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c:25:36: warning: variable
> 'acpi_ids' is not needed and will not be emitted
> [-Wunneeded-internal-declaration]
> static const struct acpi_device_id acpi_ids[] = {
> ^
> 1 warning generated.
>
> This is because it's marked as static const and it is not used anywhere
> in this file. Doing a git grep on this driver for 'acpi' shows that this
> declaration has been unused since the driver's initial induction. Remove
> it since it's not doing anything.
>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/169
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c | 6 ------
> 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
> index 6d02904de63f..d473f9bd08c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
> @@ -22,13 +22,7 @@ static const struct sdio_device_id sdio_ids[] =
> { SDIO_DEVICE(0x024c, 0xb723), },
> { /* end: all zeroes */ },
> };
> -static const struct acpi_device_id acpi_ids[] = {
> - {"OBDA8723", 0x0000},
> - {}
> -};
> -
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(sdio, sdio_ids);
> -MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, acpi_ids);

You just removed the ability for the driver to be automatically loaded
if that acpi id is present.

Not good :(

I think you need to fix up your scripts, this is valid code...

greg k-h

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