netdev - [PATCH 10/16] Spidernet Remove unused variable

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Date:	Wed, 6 Dec 2006 17:41:18 -0600
From:	linas@...tin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	jgarzik@...ox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	James K Lewis <jklewis@...ibm.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@...sony.com>
Subject: [PATCH 10/16] Spidernet Remove unused variable


Remove unused variable; this makes code easier to read.
Tweak commentary.

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@...tin.ibm.com>
Cc: James K Lewis <jklewis@...ibm.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

----
 drivers/net/spider_net.c |   11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.19-git7/drivers/net/spider_net.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-git7.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.c	2006-12-06 16:03:09.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.19-git7/drivers/net/spider_net.c	2006-12-06 16:03:11.000000000 -0600
@@ -341,17 +341,16 @@ spider_net_free_rx_chain_contents(struct
  * @card: card structure
  * @descr: descriptor to re-init
  *
- * return 0 on succes, <0 on failure
+ * Return 0 on succes, <0 on failure.
  *
- * allocates a new rx skb, iommu-maps it and attaches it to the descriptor.
- * Activate the descriptor state-wise
+ * Allocates a new rx skb, iommu-maps it and attaches it to the 
+ * descriptor. Mark the descriptor as activated, ready-to-use.
  */
 static int
 spider_net_prepare_rx_descr(struct spider_net_card *card,
 			    struct spider_net_descr *descr)
 {
 	dma_addr_t buf;
-	int error = 0;
 	int offset;
 	int bufsize;
 
@@ -379,7 +378,7 @@ spider_net_prepare_rx_descr(struct spide
 		(SPIDER_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN - 1);
 	if (offset)
 		skb_reserve(descr->skb, SPIDER_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN - offset);
-	/* io-mmu-map the skb */
+	/* iommu-map the skb */
 	buf = pci_map_single(card->pdev, descr->skb->data,
 			SPIDER_NET_MAX_FRAME, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
 	descr->buf_addr = buf;
@@ -394,7 +393,7 @@ spider_net_prepare_rx_descr(struct spide
 					 SPIDER_NET_DMAC_NOINTR_COMPLETE;
 	}
 
-	return error;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
-
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