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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next v3 08/14] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: rename
 smi_mutex to reg_lock
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 22:20:07 +0200
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	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 08:07:30PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> The chip smi_mutex mutex is used to protect the access to the internal
> switch registers, not only the Multi-chip Addressing Mode, as commented.
> 
> Other registers access (like management frames) may use this mutex.
> 
> Since we will isolate SMI-specific pieces of code, avoid the confusion
> now by renaming smi_mutex to reg_lock. No functional changes here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew