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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 15:24:55 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: hsr: Use full string description when opening HSR
 network device
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On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 10:32:20AM +0100, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> Up till now only single character ('A' or 'B') was used to provide
> information of HSR slave network device status.
> 
> As it is also possible and valid, that Interlink network device may
> be supported as well, the description must be more verbose. As a result
> the full string description is now used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>
> ---
>  net/hsr/hsr_device.c | 13 ++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
> index 9d71b66183da..9a60489fba96 100644
> --- a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
> +++ b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
> @@ -142,30 +142,29 @@ static int hsr_dev_open(struct net_device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct hsr_priv *hsr;
>  	struct hsr_port *port;
> -	char designation;
> +	char *designation = NULL;

Thanks for splitting this into a patch.

Reverse Christmas tree. I know it is broken already, but we should not
make it worse.

I guess you can also add a const, since "Slave A" is probably const.

	Andrew