netdev - Re: [PATCH V2] CS89x0 : Use ioread16/iowrite16 on all platforms

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Date:	Wed, 16 May 2012 07:20:42 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	Jaccon Bastiaansen <jaccon.bastiaansen@...il.com>,
	s.hauer@...gutronix.de, gfm@...xed.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	festevam@...il.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] CS89x0 : Use ioread16/iowrite16 on all platforms

On Tuesday 15 May 2012, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 00:37 +0200, Francois Romieu wrote:
> > Jaccon Bastiaansen <jaccon.bastiaansen@...il.com> :
> > [...]
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/cs89x0.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/cs89x0.c
> > > index b9406cb..8081ad5 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/cs89x0.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/cs89x0.c
> > [...]
> > > -static int cs89x0_probe1(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long ioaddr, int modular);
> > > +static int cs89x0_probe1(struct net_device *dev,
> > > +                    void __iomem *ioaddr,
> > > +                    int modular);
> > > +static int cs89x0_probe1(struct net_device *dev, void __iomem *ioaddr,
> > > +                    int modular);
> > 
> > s/int/bool/ maybe.
> > 
> > You may skip the name of the parameters.
> 
> Better would be to not duplicate the prototype
> and better still would be to reorder the code to
> avoid the prototype altogether.

I agree that would be best, but let's do one thing at a time. This prototype
is the first of 16 in a row in that driver. It would be good to remove all
of them, but that change is totally unrelated to the much more important
one that Jaccon is doing here.

I'd say leave the prototype as it is for now, just change the type of the ioaddr
argument in this patch. Patches to fix the numerous other style issues with this
driver are of course welcome as well.

	Arnd
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