netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2 net-next] 8390: Miscellaneous cleanups

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Date:   Sun, 2 Aug 2020 15:49:36 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2 net-next] 8390: Miscellaneous cleanups

> Did you apply patch 2/2 of the patchset?
> Because version-printing (and the need for a version string) was removed
> from lib8390.c in patch 2/2 to allow the replacement of said
> version-string with MODULE_* macros in 8390.c, and failing to do so whould result
> in the exact same error.

Hi Armin

We require that there be no break in buildability. The kernel must
always build. Otherwise git bisect becomes much more difficult to use.

   Andrew