On 2020-08-15 00:06 +0800, Coiby Xu wrote:
> The related code are not necessary because,
> - Device status and general registers can be obtained by ethtool.
> - Coredump can be done via devlink health reporter.
> - Structure related to the hardware (struct ql_adapter) can be obtained
> by crash or drgn.
I would suggest to add the drgn script from the cover letter to
Documentation/networking/device_drivers/qlogic/
I would also suggest to submit a separate patch now which fixes the
build breakage reported in <20200629053004.GA6165@f3> while you work on
removing that code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/qlge/qlge.h | 82 ----
> drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c | 672 ----------------------------
> drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_ethtool.c | 1 -
> drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c | 6 -
> 4 files changed, 761 deletions(-)
>
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
> index 058889687907..368394123d16 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
> @@ -1326,675 +1326,3 @@ void ql_mpi_core_to_log(struct work_struct *work)
> sizeof(*qdev->mpi_coredump), false);
> }
>
> -#ifdef QL_REG_DUMP
> -static void ql_dump_intr_states(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
> -{
[...]
> - }
> -}
> -#endif
This leaves a stray newline at the end of the file and also does not
apply over latest staging.
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