netdev - Re: [patch 3.8-rc2] drivers/net/phy/micrel.c

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jan 2013 20:54:34 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	"Choi, David" <David.Choi@...rel.Com>
CC:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Doong, Ping" <Ping.Doong@...rel.Com>
Subject: Re: [patch 3.8-rc2] drivers/net/phy/micrel.c

You'll need to give this a proper subject, like 'micrel_phy: Add support
for new PHYs'.

On Wed, 2013-01-09 at 20:09 +0000, Choi, David wrote:
> From: David J. Choi <david.choi@...rel.com>
> 
> Summary of changes:
> This patch is primarily intended to cover more Ethernet phys from Micrel Inc. Additionally it
> .supports ksz8081/91, ksz8061, ksz9051 device.

This is new hardware support which is probably acceptable for the 'net'
tree.

The additional cleanup:

> .changes KSxxx to KSZxxx for unified naming convention. For example, change KS8737 to KSZ8737.
> .changes 9021 to 90x1 for commonly used names between 9021 and 9031 device, as this patch includes 
>  KSZ9031 which belongs to same family as 9021.
[...]

should be a separate patch that goes into the 'net-next' tree.

Ben.

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