Re: [PATCH 03/03] staging: dgap: remove more unneeded brd-state states

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On 03/28/2014 09:08 AM, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> On 03/28/2014 07:34 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> These patches are fine and they were applied already.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 12:50:55PM -0400, Mark Hounschell wrote:
>>> @@ -4368,15 +4364,16 @@ static void dgap_do_bios_load(struct board_t *brd, uchar __user *ubios, int len)
>>>  /*
>>>   * Checks to see if the BIOS completed running on the card.
>>>   */
>>> -static void dgap_do_wait_for_bios(struct board_t *brd)
>>> +static int dgap_do_wait_for_bios(struct board_t *brd)
>>
>> I wish this funciton returned negative error codes on error.  It is
>> poorly named for a boolean function.
>>
>>>  {
>>>  	uchar *addr;
>>>  	u16 word;
>>>  	u16 err1;
>>>  	u16 err2;
>>> +	int ret = 0;
>>
>> The ret variable is not needed.  Replace it with zero literal for better
>> readability.
>>
>>> @@ -4455,15 +4452,16 @@ static void dgap_do_fep_load(struct board_t *brd, uchar *ufep, int len)
>>>  /*
>>>   * Waits for the FEP to report thats its ready for us to use.
>>>   */
>>> -static void dgap_do_wait_for_fep(struct board_t *brd)
>>> +static int dgap_do_wait_for_fep(struct board_t *brd)
>>
>> Same as dgap_do_wait_for_bios().
>>
> 
> Yes, they were not originally boolean functions. Would names like 
> dgap_test_bios and dgap_test_fep be better names? And returns of 
> -EIO if they fail and 0 if good? 
> 

I'll just post a new patch for review and fix as required.

Mark


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