From: Jose Abreu <jose.ab...@synopsys.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 14:08:14 +0100
> This a starting point for a cleanup and re-organization of stmmac.
>
> In this series we stop using hard-coded callbacks along the code and use
> instead helpers which are defined in a single place ("hwif.h").
>
> This brings several advantages:
> 1) Less typing :)
> 2) Guaranteed function pointer check
> 3) More flexibility
>
> By 2) we stop using the repeated pattern of:
> if (priv->hw->mac->some_func)
> priv->hw->mac->some_func(...)
>
> I didn't check but I expect the final .ko will be bigger with this series
> because *all* of function pointers are checked.
>
> Anyway, I hope this can make the code more readable and more flexible now.
The net-next tree is closed, please resubmit this series when it opens
back up.
Thank you.
