netdev - Re: [PATCH] Revert "net: ethernet: bgmac: Use devm_platform_ioremap_resource

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Date:   Thu, 2 Dec 2021 11:16:22 +0100
From:   Jonas Gorski <jonas.gorski@...il.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>,
        Dejin Zheng <zhengdejin5@...il.com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "net: ethernet: bgmac: Use devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname"

On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 at 04:55, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
> On 11/18/2021 1:14 AM, Jonas Gorski wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 at 17:42, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 05:07:18PM +0100, Jonas Gorski wrote:
> >>> This reverts commit 3710e80952cf2dc48257ac9f145b117b5f74e0a5.
> >>>
> >>> Since idm_base and nicpm_base are still optional resources not present
> >>> on all platforms, this breaks the driver for everything except Northstar
> >>> 2 (which has both).
> >>>
> >>> The same change was already reverted once with 755f5738ff98 ("net:
> >>> broadcom: fix a mistake about ioremap resource").
> >>>
> >>> So let's do it again.
> >>
> >> Hi Jonas
> >>
> >> It is worth adding a comment in the code about them being optional. It
> >> seems like bot handlers are dumber than the bots they use, but they
> >> might read a comment and not make the same mistake a 3rd time.
> >
> > Sounds reasonable, will spin a v2 with a comment added.
>
> I just hit that problem as well refreshing my Northstar Plus to boot
> net-next, are you going to submit this patch in the next few days? Thanks!

Ah sorry, got sidetracked by a nasty security issue in our software.
Will do so later today.

Regards
Jonas