linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] prism54: isl_38xx: Replace 'struct timeval'

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Date:	Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:42:33 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>,
	y2038@...ts.linaro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] prism54: isl_38xx: Replace 'struct timeval'

On Sun, 2016-04-17 at 01:34 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 April 2016 10:38:26 Johannes Berg wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > The patch was build-tested / debugged by removing the
> > > "if VERBOSE > SHOW_ERROR_MESSAGES" guards.
> > Stands to reason that we should just remove the (more or less) dead
> > code, since I don't think anyone really ever touches this driver
> > any
> > more or will ever again ...
> Do you mean removing all DEBUG() statements from the driver, or
> removing the entire driver?
> 

We tried removing the driver once, since p54 supposedly drives the same
hardware, but some people had certain use cases that didn't work there,
apparently.

I was thinking more restrictively of just the stuff that can't even be
built without modifying the sources - like the "#if VERBOSE" thing.

johannes