From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
To: intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org
Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH RESEND 1/2] ixgb:Remove reducant error path after call to ixgb_sw_init in the function ixgb_probe
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:23:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1444872183.2928.6.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1444863479-31570-1-git-send-email-xerofoify@gmail.com>
On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 18:57 -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> This removes the reducant error path and now no longer used goto
> label err_sw_init after the call to ixgb_probe in the function
> ixgb_sw_init after calling this function due to it always returning
> zero as it is guarantee to run successfully without any issues.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
This driver (ixgb), as well as e100 and e1000 are in maintenance mode
which means bug fixes ONLY!
Is this patch necessary? Answer: No
Is this a bug fix? Answer: No
Should you have sent this patch? See answers to previous questions.
Please ask these questions to yourself when putting together a patch
against these drivers (listed above).
With that said, dropping this series.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-14 22:57 [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH RESEND 1/2] ixgb:Remove reducant error path after call to ixgb_sw_init in the function ixgb_probe Nicholas Krause
2015-10-14 22:57 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/2] ixgb:Make the function ixgb_sw_init void Nicholas Krause
2015-10-15 1:23 ` Jeff Kirsher [this message]
2015-10-15 1:25 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH RESEND 1/2] ixgb:Remove reducant error path after call to ixgb_sw_init in the function ixgb_probe nick
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