Re: [PATCH 2/3] [MIPS] msp71xx: remove unused function

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On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 05:16:08PM -0600, Shane McDonald wrote:

> > Nobody calls the board-specific prom_getcmdline(), so let's remove it.
> >
> > Build-tested using msp71xx_defconfig.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> NAK.  It is called by the MSP71xx's Ethernet driver, whose code has not yet
> made it into the mainline (last submission
> http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2007-05/msg00210.html).
> Believe it or not, getting that driver whipped into shape is something I'm
> slowly (very slowly) working on.

At a glance, it's not outrageously bad so I suggest you submit it to be
merged into drivers/staging it least it will no longer suffer the bitrot
that out of tree drivers suffer from.

  Ralf


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