linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 35/39] dmaengine: ste_dma40_ll: Replace meaningless register set with comment

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Message-ID: <20130516065803.GB3269@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 May 2013 07:58:03 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	balbi@...com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au, arnd@...db.de,
	linus.walleij@...ricsson.com, srinidhi.kasagar@...ricsson.com,
	Dan Williams <djbw@...com>,
	Per Forlin <per.forlin@...ricsson.com>,
	Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 35/39] dmaengine: ste_dma40_ll: Replace meaningless
 register set with comment

> > Unsure of the author's intentions, rather than just removing the nop,
> > we're replacing it with a comment containing the possible intention
> > of the statement OR:ing with 0.
> Would be worthwhile to check w/ Linus W on this (or check whom to blame)

I did already. It was his idea to place the comment in.

The original author will on parental leave for the foreseeable future.

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