Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vt6655: Use loop in vt6655_mac_write_bssid_addr

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 09:07:43PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-07-08 at 14:29 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 09:19:01PM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> > > Use loop in vt6655_mac_write_bssid_addr to avoid multiple
> > > similar statements.
> []
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c
> []
> > > @@ -192,12 +192,8 @@ device_set_options(struct vnt_private *priv)
> > >  static void vt6655_mac_write_bssid_addr(void __iomem *iobase, const u8 *mac_addr)
> []
> > > +	for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
> > 
> > Taking advantage of the new compiler level I see, nice :)
> 
> Not sure this is altogether a great idea as it may
> make backporting a bit difficult, but it's already
> in the kernel in a few places.

That's for the stable kernels to worry about, don't let that stop new
development from happening for that reason please.

thanks,

greg k-h