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From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 1/2] net: tc35815: Fix build error due to missed API change
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 18:48:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5691C695.1080703@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160109220924.GF6877@lunn.ch>

On 01/09/2016 02:09 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>> Hi Guenter
>>>
>>> You fix looks right, but i'm wondering about the code which is being
>>> fixed.
>>>
>>> How can phydev ever evaluate to true, given the break statement?  Can
>>> this code every detect multiple PHYs? I think not.
>>>
>>> Either the break needs to be removed, or we just replace the whole lot
>>> with phy_find_first().
>>>
>>
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> you are right, the current code is pretty pointless.
>>
>> I would suggest to use phy_find_first().
>
> Me too.
>
>> Should I submit a separate patch, or replace my patch with v2 ?
>
> I say a v2 which uses phy_find_first() and include in the changelog
> why the current code is pointless and so the change to
> phy_find_first().
>

Ok, I'll do that.

Guenter

      reply	other threads:[~2016-01-10  2:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-09 21:21 [PATCH -next 1/2] net: tc35815: Fix build error due to missed API change Guenter Roeck
2016-01-09 21:21 ` [PATCH -next 2/2] net: tc35815: Drop unused variable Guenter Roeck
2016-01-09 21:37   ` Andrew Lunn
2016-01-09 21:36 ` [PATCH -next 1/2] net: tc35815: Fix build error due to missed API change Andrew Lunn
2016-01-09 21:50   ` Guenter Roeck
2016-01-09 22:09     ` Andrew Lunn
2016-01-10  2:48       ` Guenter Roeck [this message]

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