Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: hp: hp100.c: remove commented out code

From: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>
To: Lourdes Pedrajas <lu@pplo.net>
Cc: outreachy-kernel@googlegroups.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
	 perex@perex.cz
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: hp: hp100.c: remove commented out code
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 22:09:25 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2003092208170.2324@hadrien> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200309171224.5131-1-lu@pplo.net>

On Mon, 9 Mar 2020, Lourdes Pedrajas wrote:

> Remove unused code.

This could be a little more informative.  For example, you could use git
blame to find out how long the code has been there.  If it has been there
since the driver was introduced n years ago, that could be a useful piece
of information to make clear that the code really is unnecessary.

julia

>
> Signed-off-by: Lourdes Pedrajas <lu@pplo.net>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/hp/hp100.c | 6 ------
>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/hp/hp100.c b/drivers/staging/hp/hp100.c
> index e2f0b58e5dfd..b89c4dcf53f5 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/hp/hp100.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/hp/hp100.c
> @@ -511,12 +511,6 @@ static int hp100_probe1(struct net_device *dev, int ioaddr, u_char bus,
>  	 *   0x2260 -> EISA HP, BusMaster (Shasta Chip)
>  	 */
>
> -#if 0
> -	local_mode = 0x2270;
> -	hp100_outw(0xfefe, OPTION_LSW);
> -	hp100_outw(local_mode | HP100_SET_LB | HP100_SET_HB, OPTION_LSW);
> -#endif
> -
>  	/* hp100_mode value maybe used in future by another card */
>  	local_mode = hp100_mode;
>  	if (local_mode < 1 || local_mode > 4)
> --
> 2.17.1
>
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