netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: hns: add function declarations in hns_dsaf

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Date:   Sun, 18 Sep 2016 22:37:29 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
Cc:     yisen.zhuang@...wei.com, salil.mehta@...wei.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, yankejian@...wei.com,
        huangdaode@...ilicon.com, lipeng321@...wei.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        xie.baoyou@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: hns: add function declarations in hns_dsaf_mac.h

On Sunday, September 18, 2016 5:11:36 PM CEST Baoyou Xie wrote:
> We get 2 warnings when building kernel with W=1:
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_misc.c:246:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_dsaf_srst_chns' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_misc.c:276:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_dsaf_roce_srst' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> 
> In fact, these two functions are not declared in any file, but should
> be declared in a header file, thus can be recognized in other file.
> 
> So this patch adds the declarations into
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_mac.h
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
> 

Why can't these be declared static?

	Arnd