Re: [PATCH net-next] Sweep away N/A fw_version dustbunnies from the .get_drvinfo routine of a number of drivers

[Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>]

On 11/22/2011 02:35 PM, Rick Jones wrote:
> On 11/22/2011 02:22 PM, Francois Romieu wrote:
>> Rick Jones<raj@tardy.cup.hp.com> :
>> [...]
>>> Per discussion with Ben Hutchings and David Miller, go through and
>>> remove assignments of "N/A" to fw_version in various drivers'
>>> .get_drvinfo routines. While there clean-up some use of bare
>>> constants and such.
>>
>> Any reason why drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c is left in the
>> cold ?
>
> No specific reason. I might not have caught it with my find/grep, or it
> might not have been built in my build environment - after I cloned
> net-next, I brought the .config file from my 64-bit ubuntu virtual
> system to the BE (been bringing it along rather like sourdough starter),
> did a make oldconfig, took all the defaults, did a "make" and then only
> modified those files for which I found the "N/A" in the .c file and
> which had a corresponding .o - that way I "knew" that my changes would
> at least be compiled subsequently and so minimizing the chances of
> incurring davem's wrath by sending him non-compiling code :)

I've sent a follow-up patch under separate cover.

FWIW, there are a number of other drivers which don't seem to be enabled 
by the .config I'm using, so I've not done any clean-ups on those.  Is 
there an easy way to light them all up?

rick