linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging:rtl8821ae: rewrite legacy wifi check in halbcoutsrc

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Message-ID: <20140620195926.GY5500@mwanda>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jun 2014 22:59:26 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	pebolle@...cali.nl, himangi774@...il.com, bergo.torino@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging:rtl8821ae: rewrite legacy wifi check in
 halbcoutsrc

On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 12:56:50PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> Rewrites the wireless check for legacy checking in function
> halbtc_legacy to check for both Mode A and B.

You're just guessing that A and B were intended but it could have been
something B and G...

Don't do this.  Just leave the static checker warning there so someone
can fix it properly instead of introducing a second new bug and hiding
the warning so it's impossible to find.

regards,
dan carpenter

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