Re: [PATCH 02/12] net: ethernet: smsc: smc911x: Mark 'status' as __maybe_unused

[Lee Jones]

On Wed, 04 Nov 2020, Andrew Lunn wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 09:06:00AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > 'status' is used to interact with a hardware register.  It might not
> > be safe to remove it entirely.  Mark it as __maybe_unused instead.
> 
> Hi Lee
> 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg365875.html
> 
> I'm working on driver/net/ethernet and net to make it w=1 clean.  I
> suggest you hang out on the netdev mailing list so you don't waste
> your time reproducing what i am doing.

I believe that ship has sailed.  Net should be clean now.

It was it pretty good shape considering.  Only 2 sets.

Wireless alone was more like 4.  And SCSI, well ... :D

Maybe that was down to some of your previous efforts? 

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