linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net-brcmfmac: Delete an unnecessary variable initialisation in brcmf_sdio_download

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:58:40 +0200
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
Cc:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	<brcm80211-dev-list@...adcom.com>,
	<linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Brett Rudley <brudley@...adcom.com>,
	"Franky \(Zhenhui\) Lin" <frankyl@...adcom.com>,
	Hante Meuleman <meuleman@...adcom.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-brcmfmac: Delete an unnecessary variable initialisation in brcmf_sdio_download_firmware()

Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com> writes:

> On 01/01/2016 08:26 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
>> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 20:20:15 +0100
>
> I think it has been said over and over, but please use driver name
> only as prefix. I don't see value to prepend it with 'net-'.

Yes, please use existing naming schemes. This time I can fix it before
I commit the patch, but in the future please use correct prefixes. It's
easy to check what has been used previously:

$ git log --oneline --no-merges --follow drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c | head -10
63ce3d5db093 brcmfmac: use msecs_to_jiffies() in macro definitions
4011fc499690 brcmfmac: change brcmf_sdio_wd_timer() prototype
a7decc44a002 brcmfmac: fix waitqueue_active without memory barrier in brcmfmac driver
46d703a77539 brcmfmac: Unify methods to define and map firmware files.
64d66c30c37e brcmfmac: no retries on rxglom superframe errors
6866a64a0f9b brcmfmac: constify brcmf_bus_ops structures
05491d2ccf20 brcm80211: move under broadcom vendor directory
ff4445a8502c brcmfmac: expose device memory to devcoredump subsystem
a32be0177252 brcmfmac: include linux/atomic.h
9d6c1dc4f913 brcmfmac: add dedicated debug level for firmware console logging
$

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Kalle Valo