linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/12] net: ethernet: smsc: smc911x: Mark 'status' as __maybe

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Message-ID: <20201104132200.GW933237@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 4 Nov 2020 14:22:00 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        Dustin McIntire <dustin@...soria.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12] net: ethernet: smsc: smc911x: Mark 'status' as
 __maybe_unused

On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 09:06:00AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> 'status' is used to interact with a hardware register.  It might not
> be safe to remove it entirely.  Mark it as __maybe_unused instead.

Hi Lee

https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg365875.html

I'm working on driver/net/ethernet and net to make it w=1 clean.  I
suggest you hang out on the netdev mailing list so you don't waste
your time reproducing what i am doing.

     Andrew