netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v1 00/11] make drivers/net/ethernet W=1 clean

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Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 07:55:15 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v1 00/11] make drivers/net/ethernet W=1
 clean

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:23:26 -0700 Jesse Brandeburg wrote:
> This series is a placeholder to show I've about finished this work.
> 
> After applying the patches below, the drivers/net/ethernet
> directory can be built as modules with W=1 with no warnings.
> 
> This series removes 1,283 warnings and hopefully allows the ethernet
> directory to move forward from here without more warnings being added.
> 
> Some of these patches are already sent to Intel Wired Lan, but the rest
> of the series titled drivers/net/ethernet affects other drivers, not
> just Intel, but they depend on the first five.

Great stuff. Much easier to apply one large series than a thousand
small patches. I haven't read all the comment changes but FWIW:

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

I feel slightly bad for saying this but I think your config did not
include all the drivers, 'cause I'm still getting some warnings after
patch 11. Regardless this is impressive effort, thanks!