netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] smsc911x: Remove dev==NULL check.

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Date:	Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:38:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeremy.linton@....com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	steve.glendinning@...well.net, linux@...ck-us.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] smsc911x: Remove dev==NULL check.

From: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:46:43 -0500

> The dev==NULL check in smsc911x_probe_config is useless
> and isn't providing any additional protection. If a fwnode
> doesn't exist then an appropriate error should be returned
> by device_get_phy_mode() covering the original case
> of a missing of/fwnode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>

Applied.
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