Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove static HalDetectPwrDownMode() function

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 10:34:48PM +0300, Nikolay Kulikov wrote:
> The return value of this function is ignored at the call site, and since
> the function has no side effects (except for the assignment to
> pHalData->pwrdown, which is not used anywhere else), it can be removed.
> 
> At the same time, remove the efuse shadow functions, as they are
> becoming unused.

Why not remove pwrdown first, which shows that it is never actually
used, and then remove the functions in a separate patch?  that would
"prove" that this is a safe change, as-is we need to manually verify
this patch is correct.

thanks,

greg k-h