Re: [PATCH 1/1] ice: remove the unused function ice_aq_nvm_update_empr

["Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>]

On Tue, 2021-10-19 at 05:17 -0400, yanjun.zhu@linux.dev wrote:
> From: Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@linux.dev>
> 
> The function ice_aq_nvm_update_empr is not used, so remove it.

Thanks for the patch, but there is another one coming soon that will be
using this function[1]. I'd prefer to keep this to save us from another
patch reintroducing it in the near future.

Thanks,
Tony

[1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/intel-wired-
lan/patch/20211019215423.3383750-1-jacob.e.keller@intel.com/


> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@linux.dev>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c | 16 ----------------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.h |  1 -
>  2 files changed, 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
> index fee37a5844cf..bad374bd7ab3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
> @@ -1106,22 +1106,6 @@ enum ice_status ice_nvm_write_activate(struct
> ice_hw *hw, u8 cmd_flags)
>         return ice_aq_send_cmd(hw, &desc, NULL, 0, NULL);
>  }
>  
> -/**
> - * ice_aq_nvm_update_empr
> - * @hw: pointer to the HW struct
> - *
> - * Update empr (0x0709). This command allows SW to
> - * request an EMPR to activate new FW.
> - */
> -enum ice_status ice_aq_nvm_update_empr(struct ice_hw *hw)
> -{
> -       struct ice_aq_desc desc;
> -
> -       ice_fill_dflt_direct_cmd_desc(&desc,
> ice_aqc_opc_nvm_update_empr);
> -
> -       return ice_aq_send_cmd(hw, &desc, NULL, 0, NULL);
> -}
> -
>  /* ice_nvm_set_pkg_data
>   * @hw: pointer to the HW struct
>   * @del_pkg_data_flag: If is set then the current pkg_data store by
> FW
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.h
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.h
> index c6f05f43d593..925225905491 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.h
> @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ enum ice_status
>  ice_aq_erase_nvm(struct ice_hw *hw, u16 module_typeid, struct
> ice_sq_cd *cd);
>  enum ice_status ice_nvm_validate_checksum(struct ice_hw *hw);
>  enum ice_status ice_nvm_write_activate(struct ice_hw *hw, u8
> cmd_flags);
> -enum ice_status ice_aq_nvm_update_empr(struct ice_hw *hw);
>  enum ice_status
>  ice_nvm_set_pkg_data(struct ice_hw *hw, bool del_pkg_data_flag, u8
> *data,
>                      u16 length, struct ice_sq_cd *cd);