Re: [PATCH net-next 0/1] XYZ: Handle HAS_IOPORT dependencies

From: Niklas Schnelle
Date: Fri Apr 05 2024 - 07:21:40 EST


On Fri, 2024-04-05 at 13:18 +0200, Niklas Schnelle wrote:
> Hi networking maintainers,
>
> This is a follow up in my ongoing effort of making inb()/outb() and
> similar I/O port accessors compile-time optional. Previously I sent this
> as a treewide series titled "treewide: Remove I/O port accessors for
> HAS_IOPORT=n" with the latest being its 5th version[0]. With a significant
> subset of patches merged I've changed over to per-subsystem series. These
> series are stand alone and should be merged via the relevant tree such
> that with all subsystems complete we can follow this up with the final
> patch that will make the I/O port accessors compile-time optional.
>
> The current state of the full series with changes to the remaining subsystems
> and the aforementioned final patch can be found for your convenience on my
> git.kernel.org tree in the has_ioport branch[1]. As for compile-time vs runtime
> see Linus' reply to my first attempt[2].
>
> Thanks,
> Niklas
>
> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230522105049.1467313-1-schnelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/niks/linux.git/log/?h=has_ioport
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wg80je=K7madF4e7WrRNp37e3qh6y10Svhdc7O8SZ_-8g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Niklas Schnelle (1):
> net: handle HAS_IOPORT dependencies
>

Obviously the subject of the cover letter should start with "net:" ;-(