netdev - Re: [PATCH, RFC] Extend smc911x to support LAN921x chips

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Date:	Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:48:08 +0200
From:	Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@...site.dk>
To:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <lg@...x.de>
Cc:	Steve.Glendinning@...c.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Ian.Saturley@...c.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] Extend smc911x to support LAN921x chips

>>>>> "Guennadi" == Guennadi Liakhovetski <lg@...x.de> writes:

Hi,

 Guennadi> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
 >> >>>>> "Guennadi" == Guennadi Liakhovetski <lg@...x.de> writes:
 >> 
 >> It looks good, but you should definately split out the arm and cleanup
 >> stuff from the new IDs.

 Guennadi> You mean remove the new IDs? Why?

No, just have them in seperate patches - They are independent of each
other, so no need to put in the same patch.

 >> What's this for? Isn't that handled just above?

 Guennadi> I think, there's a bug in the code there. The break above
 Guennadi> terminates the loop, yes, but then it falls through in the
 Guennadi> switch statement to the default case and overwrites the
 Guennadi> just found PHY.

Ahh, the good old break-only-escapes-the-innermost-scope. That's a
good fix, but please send it seperately from the patch adding the new
IDs.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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