Re: question about samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_xpcs.c

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:36:28 -0500

From: Julia Lawall <redacted>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:54:20 +0100 (CET)

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I just wondered.  I was looking at dependencies between networking files.
This one stands out because nothing is dependenton it, even the files it
is compiled with, and it doesn't contain the usual functions,
register_netdev, etc.

Even with that explanation, this is a bogus situation.

There are no in-tree callers of this code.  It should be removed until there
are in-tree users.

Nobody can figure out if the interface for this is done properly without seeing
the call sites and how they work.  It is therefore impossible to review this
code and judge it's design.

If someone doesn't send me a removal patch, I will remove this code myself.

I have the patch ready.

Do you want me to submit it now during the merge window or wait till
net-next opens up again?