Re: [PATCH V5 net-next 01/21] net-next/hinic: Initialize hw interface

[David Miller]

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 17:42:05 -0700

> Please drop these functions, they do nothing and are not used
> as stubs in any operations table.

It might have been helpful to scan the entire series to understand
why it looks this way.

He's building the driver up, one piece at a time, filling in the full
implementation as is possible as more and more infrastructure is added.

So some functions start empty when a method is needed to be filled in,
and then gradually obtains more and more content throughout the
series.

And this is a fine way to add a huge new driver (although not my
personal preference).