netdev - Re: [PATCH 3.3.0 1/3] net:phy:bcm63xx: remove unnecessary code

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Message-Id: <20120403.190240.1551928087376678842.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:02:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	srinivas.kandagatla@...com
Cc:	joe@...ches.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.3.0 1/3] net:phy:bcm63xx: remove unnecessary code

From: Srinivas KANDAGATLA <srinivas.kandagatla@...com>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:49:41 +0100

> Yes, I have audited all the drivers. none of them return positive values.
> In general, I think phy_write should return either 0 or an error code
> and *NOT* positive values.
> Any mdio bus driver returning positive values for phy_writes will break
> the phylib too.

I've applied all three patches to net-next, thanks.
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