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

[Andrew Lunn]

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.

     Andrew