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

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Message-ID: <ZC7vgRFmqAjGQyss@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 6 Apr 2023 18:12:49 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "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, Apr 06, 2023 at 09:00:17AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> 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.

I guess that it two down-votes for removing the #defines.

Would it be acceptable if I reworked the series to only remove
the dead code - which would leave only subset of patch 3/3 ?