netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: broadcom: fix a mistake about ioremap resource

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Date:   Tue, 5 May 2020 09:19:50 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Dejin Zheng <zhengdejin5@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Richardson <jonathan.richardson@...adcom.com>,
        Petr Štetiar <ynezz@...e.cz>,
        Ray Jui <ray.jui@...adcom.com>,
        Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: broadcom: fix a mistake about ioremap resource

> Commit d7a5502b0bb8b ("net: broadcom: convert to
> devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname()") will broke this driver.
> idm_base and nicpm_base were optional, after this change, they are
> mandatory. it will probe fails with -22 when the dtb doesn't have them
> defined. so revert part of this commit and make idm_base and nicpm_base
> as optional.

I hope that other contributors can convince you to improve also this
commit message considerably.
Would you like to fix the spelling besides other wording weaknesses?

Regards,
Markus