Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] NetXen: Add NETXEN prefix to macros

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:50:29 -0400

Mithlesh Thukral wrote:
> NetXen: Add NETXEN prefix to a macro
> This patch will add the "NETXEN" prefix to "USER_START" macro.
> 
> Signed-off by: Wen Xiong <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off by: Mithlesh Thukral <[email-masked]>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h         |    4 ++--
>  drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ethtool.c |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c      |    4 ++--
>  drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c    |    4 ++--
>  4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Your patch description is useless.  Clearly we know -what- it does, 
simply by reading the patch.

But it does not answer the simple question:  why?  why is this needed in 
a bug fix Release Candidate series?