linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 3/5] Add KSZ8795 switch driver

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Date:   Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:24:45 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, muvarov@...il.com, nathan.leigh.conrad@...il.com,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Woojung.Huh@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 3/5] Add KSZ8795 switch driver

> > > > Similar code will be needed by other drivers, right?
> > >
> > > Although KSZ8795 and KSZ8895 may use the same code, the other
> > > chips will have different code.
> > 
> > Ok, please make sure code is shared between these two.
> 
> The exact function probably cannot be shared between KSZ8795
> and KSZ8895 drivers because although the register constants look
> the same but their exact locations are different in the 2 chips.

Put the code into header as static inline and include it from both
places?

									Pavel
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