netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: eth: xgene: change APM X-Gene SoC platform ethernet to support ACPI

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Message-ID: <CAL85gmCOLrcTijpEhXx1x5UjHu0sgS5DdGYJxY4mwPFKCHpU-g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:36:13 -0800
From:	Feng Kan <fkan@....com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, patches <patches@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: eth: xgene: change APM X-Gene SoC platform ethernet
 to support ACPI

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 9:31 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Feng Kan <fkan@....com>
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:39:51 -0800
>
>> +#define NO_MAC_FOUND 0
>> +#define RES_ENET_CSR 0
>> +#define RES_RING_CSR 1
>> +#define RES_RING_CMD 2
Is there a issue with the RES defines, do you prefer enum types?

>
> Don't define your own magic set of error return semantics.
>
> For example, in the MAC address acquisition case, just verify that
> you get an ETH_ALEN length value from the fetch routines and return
> -ENODEV or similar if you do not.
Thanks, well change.
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