netdev - Re: [PATCH v4] netdevice: use ifmap instead of plain fields

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Message-Id: <CQXRF9CS3SAI.2TU7KF0UR6V7P@vincent-arch>
Date:   Sat, 04 Mar 2023 18:03:29 +0100
From:   "Vincenzo Palazzo" <vincenzopalazzodev@...il.com>
To:     "Stephen Hemminger" <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>, <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        <khc@...waw.pl>, "kernel test robot" <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] netdevice: use ifmap instead of plain fields

On Sat Mar 4, 2023 at 5:06 PM CET, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Sat,  4 Mar 2023 13:24:33 +0100
> Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@...il.com> wrote:
>
> > clean the code by using the ifmap instead of plain fields,
> > and avoid code duplication.
> > 
> > v4 with some build error that the 0 day bot found while
> > compiling some drivers that I was not able to build on 
> > my machine.
> > 
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202303041847.nRrrz1v9-lkp@intel.com/
> > Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@...il.com>
> > ---
>
> Patching cadaver drivers is not worth it.

Mh, what is mean? they are drivers that are not longer
mantained and/or used?

Cheers!

Vincent.