linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] ksz884x: remove unused #defines

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Message-ID: <20230406090017.0fc0ae34@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 6 Apr 2023 09:00:17 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] ksz884x: remove unused #defines

On Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:37:36 +0200 Paolo Abeni wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-04-05 at 10:39 +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> > Remove unused #defines from ksz884x driver.
> > 
> > These #defines may have some value in documenting the hardware.
> > But that information may be accessed via scm history.  
> 
> I personally have a slight preference for keeping these definitions in
> the sources (for doc purposes), but it's not a big deal. 
> 
> Any 3rd opinion more then welcome!

I had the same reaction, FWIW.

Cleaning up unused "code" macros, pure software stuff makes perfect
sense. But I feel a bit ambivalent about removing definitions of HW
registers and bits.