netdev - Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: Add support for firmware update

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Message-ID: <4aa34452-4e13-4dc2-a67f-5bd821fd0498@web.de>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 13:23:26 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Richard chien <richard.chien@....com>, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Richard chien <m8809301@...il.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
 Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: Add support for firmware update

> This patch adds support for firmware update to the in-tree ixgbe driver and it is actually a port
> from the out-of-tree ixgbe driver. In-band firmware update is one of the essential system maintenance
…

Please improve such a change description also according to word wrapping
because of more desirable text line lengths.

…
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
> @@ -993,114 +993,292 @@ static void ixgbe_get_regs(struct net_device *netdev,
…
> +static int ixgbe_set_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
> +                            struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom, u8 *bytes)
…
>  err:
> -	kfree(eeprom_buff);
> -	return ret_val;
> +        kfree(eeprom_buff);
> +        return ret_val;
>  }

Please keep these statements unmodified.

Would you like to reconsider the indentation once more for your change approach?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?h=v6.10-rc2#n18

Regards,
Markus