From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93122C32771 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2020 07:23:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 702C420848 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2020 07:23:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726939AbgAFHXA (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jan 2020 02:23:00 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:46886 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726668AbgAFHXA (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jan 2020 02:23:00 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:1c3::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CA7B1159F8C6E; Sun, 5 Jan 2020 23:22:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 23:22:56 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20200105.232256.1726739066798739484.davem@davemloft.net> To: olteanv@gmail.com Cc: jakub.kicinski@netronome.com, linux@armlinux.org.uk, andrew@lunn.ch, f.fainelli@gmail.com, vivien.didelot@gmail.com, alexandru.marginean@nxp.com, claudiu.manoil@nxp.com, xiaoliang.yang_1@nxp.com, yangbo.lu@nxp.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com, horatiu.vultur@microchip.com, UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com, vladimir.oltean@nxp.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 0/9] Convert Felix DSA switch to PHYLINK From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20200106013417.12154-1-olteanv@gmail.com> References: <20200106013417.12154-1-olteanv@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Sun, 05 Jan 2020 23:22:59 -0800 (PST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Vladimir Oltean Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 03:34:08 +0200 > Unlike most other conversions, this one is not by far a trivial one, and should > be seen as "Layerscape PCS meets PHYLINK". Actually, the PCS doesn't > need a lot of hand-holding and most of our other devices 'just work' > (this one included) without any sort of operating system awareness, just > an initialization procedure done typically in the bootloader. > Our issues start when the PCS stops from "just working", and that is > where PHYLINK comes in handy. ... Series applied, thanks Vladimir.