Re: [RFC 13/13] [net-next] 8390: xsurf100: avoid including lib8390.c

Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-05-16T09:04:36Z

On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 6:24 AM Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
> On Sun, 16 May 2021, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> >
> > This driver always warns about unused functions because it includes
> > an file that it doesn't actually need:
>
> I don't think you can omit #include "lib8390.c" here without changing
> driver behaviour, because of the macros in effect.
>
> I think this change would need some actual testing unless you can show
> that the module binary does not change.

Michael posted a similar but different patch a while ago, involving
calling ax_NS8390_reinit():
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-m68k/1528604559-972-3-git-send-email-schmitzmic@gmail.com/

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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