netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: make unexported functions static

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Date:	Thu, 09 Jun 2016 08:44:38 -0400
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...ts.codethink.co.uk
Cc:	Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: make unexported functions static

Hi Ben,

Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk> writes:

> The driver has a number of functions that are not exported or
> declared elsewhere, so make them static to avoid the following
> warnings from sparse:
>
> drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c:113:5: warning: symbol 'mv88e6xxx_reg_read' was not declared. Should it be static?
> drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c:167:5: warning: symbol 'mv88e6xxx_reg_write' was not declared. Should it be static?
> drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c:231:5: warning: symbol 'mv88e6xxx_set_addr' was not declared. Should it be static?
> drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c:367:6: warning: symbol 'mv88e6xxx_ppu_state_init' was not declared. Should it be static?
> drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c:3157:5: warning: symbol 'mv88e6xxx_phy_page_read' was not declared. Should it be static?
> drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c:3169:5: warning: symbol 'mv88e6xxx_phy_page_write' was not declared. Should it be static?
> drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c:3583:26: warning: symbol 'mv88e6xxx_switch_driver' was not declared. Should it be static?
> drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c:3621:5: warning: symbol 'mv88e6xxx_probe' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>

Most of them are fixed or being handled in net-next.

I don't know if net should diverge or if it can live with these
warnings...

Thanks,

        Vivien