netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: ethernet: bgmac: unify code of the same family

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Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 17:35:50 -0500
From:   Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>
To:     Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: ethernet: bgmac: unify code of the same family

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl> wrote:
> On 2017-02-03 22:39, Jon Mason wrote:
>>
>> BCM471X and BCM535X are of the same family (from what I can derive from
>> internal documents).  Group them into the case statement together, which
>> results in more code reuse.
>>
>> Also, use existing helper variables to make the code a little more
>> readable too.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>
>
>
> I'd like to review it / test it on few devices. Please give me weekend for
> that.

Yes, please test this as much as you can.  The code move was pretty
innocuous, and those are always the times when it comes back to bite
me.

Thanks,
Jon