linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] staging: comedi: das1800: remove unused variable

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Message-ID: <BN3PR0101MB10579B88107B773F3087E31FD09F0@BN3PR0101MB1057.prod.exchangelabs.com>
Date:	Wed, 6 Apr 2016 16:19:20 +0000
From:	Hartley Sweeten <HartleyS@...ionengravers.com>
To:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] staging: comedi: das1800: remove unused variable

On Wednesday, April 06, 2016 2:41 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 06/04/16 02:21, Hartley Sweeten wrote:
>> On Tuesday, April 05, 2016 7:23 AM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
>>> The variable unipolar was never used.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> There may be a chance that reading from DAS1800_CONTROL_C is necessary
>>> before reading from DAS1800_STATUS. If that is true then please discard
>>> this patch.
>>
>> Actually the driver has a bug here.
>>
>> The analog input samples should  be munged if the inputs are configured for
>> bipolar mode.
>>
>> I have a series almost ready that cleans up this driver and fixes the bug.
>
> Hi Hartley, can the bug fix be placed at the top of your patch series? 

I'll split it out as a separate patch and post it shortly.

Thanks,
Hartley