Re: [PATCH] Maxim/driver: Add driver for maxim ds26522

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Jun 24 2016 - 15:46:20 EST


From: Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 02:00:33 +0000

> On Thu, 2016-06-23 at 10:59PM, David Miller wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 10:59 PM
>> To: Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: oss@xxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>> Xiaobo Xie <xiaobo.xie@xxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Maxim/driver: Add driver for maxim ds26522
>>
>> From: Zhao Qiang <qiang.zhao@xxxxxxx>
>> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:09:45 +0800
>>
>> > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRV_DESC);
>>
>> There is no definition of DRV_DESC, so this makes it look like you didn't even
>> compile this driver.
>
> I really, really compiled this driver.
> Thank you for your review and comments. I will modify it the next version.
>
> [zhaoqiang@titan:~/upstream/linux]$ll drivers/net/wan/slic_ds26522.o
> -rw-r--r-- 1 zhaoqiang klocwork 153288 Jun 22 15:48 drivers/net/wan/slic_ds26522.o
> [zhaoqiang@titan:~/upstream/linux]$date

Obviously with the driver not configured as a module, and thus explicitly
not testing the failing statement at all.