From: Joshua Kinard <kumba@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:27:42 -0500 > -#define WAIT_FOR_PHY(___rval) \ > - while ((___rval = mace->eth.phy_data) & MDIO_BUSY) { \ > - udelay(25); \ > +#define WAIT_FOR_PHY(___rval) \ > + while ((___rval = mace->eth.phy_data) & MDIO_BUSY) { \ > + udelay(25); \ I think using tabs at the end of the line to line up the "\" is much better than what you're changing it to, that being spaces. > - priv->phy_addr=i; > - p2=mdio_read(priv,2); > - p3=mdio_read(priv,3); > + > + for (i = 0; i < 32; i++){ > + priv->phy_addr = i; > + p2 = mdio_read(priv,2); > + p3 = mdio_read(priv,3); If you're going to put forth the effort to put spaces around the "=" characters, fix up the arguments to mdio_read() as well, there needs to be a space after the "," and right before the second argument. > + if ((p2 != 0xffff) && (p2 != 0x0000)) { There is no need for the new parenthesis you are adding here. It doesn't change things semantically, and it does not improve readability, it just makes for more characters a human has to parse in his mind. > - * Copyright (C) 2001 Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet > - * Copyright (C) 2001 O'Reilly & Associates > + * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Ilya Volynets > + * Copyright (C) 2011 Joshua Kinard > * > - * The source code in this file can be freely used, adapted, > - * and redistributed in source or binary form, so long as an > - * acknowledgment appears in derived source files. The citation > - * should list that the code comes from the book "Linux Device > - * Drivers" by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet, published > - * by O'Reilly & Associates. No warranty is attached; > - * we cannot take responsibility for errors or fitness for use. > + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License > + * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version > + * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. > */ I'm not sure at all that you have the ability to make this kind of change to the copyright and attributions here. There are probably a lot more problems with this patch, but I'm exhausted look at this stuff as-is.