netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: mscc: ocelot: un-export unused regmap symbols

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Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2023 02:01:44 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: mscc: ocelot: un-export unused regmap
 symbols

On Sat, Feb 04, 2023 at 10:20:56AM -0800, Colin Foster wrote:
> There are no external users of the vsc7514_*_regmap[] symbols or
> vsc7514_vcap_* functions. They were exported in commit 32ecd22ba60b ("net:
> mscc: ocelot: split register definitions to a separate file") with the
> intention of being used, but the actual structure used in commit
> 2efaca411c96 ("net: mscc: ocelot: expose vsc7514_regmap definition") ended
> up being all that was needed.
> 
> Bury these unnecessary symbols.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
> Suggested-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>