[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 01/10] net: Remove volatile from net API

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Joe Hershberger,

In message <CANr=Z=ZiMqvn2vxp0_kMA76O091TJFu4ck6wVf7re3hEFMOk2g at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> > While getting rid of volatile is a good thing in general, I am worried
> > about the test scope of this patch.
> 
> I was too.  That's why I asked for guidance:

Sorry, this was a misunderstanding then.

My expectation was that you wuld continue this patch series and clean
up the drivers, even though you cannot actually test these.

> > When are you planning to provide fixes for all these warnings?  As is,
> > the whole build is spoiled.  Or should we revert these patches?
> 
> I plan to submit patches for the boards I am able to test, but for
> reason that Mike suggested, I'm not sure it is wise to fix the warning
> unless it can be tested on hardware.

The rule is that he who breaks the code is also responsible to fix
it.  Please make the code at least compile-clean again.  Board
maintainers will have to help with actual testing.

Thanks.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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