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Re: [PATCH 0/6] b43: Use spatch to convert register accesses

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On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 19:19 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> Some time ago I rejected a bunch of patches that converted the
> PHY/radio register accesses to the new API. That was due to the patches
> being created manually. This introduces a huge potential to add new bugs.
> 
> However, this is an excellent task for coccinelle/spatch.
> So here's a series of patches, to convert the API usage, that were generated
> with spatch. This should keep the chances of breaking something as low as possible.
> 
> This reduces the .ko size by about 6 kiB.
> 
> The used semantic patches will be included in the patch headers.
> 
> John, please queue these patches for the next feature release.
> 

Shoot, I also redid the patches with spatch but never resubmitted.

Oh well.

Harvey


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