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Date:   Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:27:07 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To:     <hkallweit1@gmail.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc:     Chunhao Lin <hau@realtek.com>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
        <nic_swsd@realtek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4] r8169: add support for rtl8168h(revid 0x2a)
 + rtl8211fs fiber application
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:59:44 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 22:48:07 +0800 Chunhao Lin wrote:
> > rtl8168h(revid 0x2a) + rtl8211fs is for fiber related application.
> > rtl8168h is connected to rtl8211fs mdio bus via its eeprom or gpio pins.
> > 
> > In this patch, use bitbanged MDIO framework to access rtl8211fs via
> > rtl8168h's eeprom or gpio pins.
> > 
> > And set mdiobb_ops owner to NULL to avoid increase module's refcount to
> > prevent rmmod cannot be done.
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-renesas-soc/patch/20200730100151.7490-1-ashiduka@fujitsu.com/  
> 
> Heiner, Andrew, good?

Well, we need Hainer or Andrew to ack, I'm marking this patch 
as Deferred until such endorsement is obtained.