netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] net: dsa: Move temperature sensor code into PHY.

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Date:   Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:43:25 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] net: dsa: Move temperature sensor code into PHY.

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 01:37:48 +0100

> Marvell Ethernet switches contain a temperature sensor. There appears
> to be one sensor, which is shared by each of the internal PHYs. Each
> PHY has independent registers to read this sensor, and to set a limit
> for when an alarm should be raised.
> 
> Some Marvell discrete PHY also have the same sensor and registers.
> Moving the HWMON code from DSA into the PHY makes the sensor available
> in discrete PHYs, and removes the layering violation, the switch
> driver poking around in PHY registers.
> 
> While moving the code into the PHY driver, it has been re-written to
> use the new HWMON APIs.
> 
> v2:
> 
> Better Cover note explaining one sensor, but multiple independent
> registers
> 
> Simply error checking.

I know there was minor request for a respin, but I'm not going to hold
this up any more just for that.

Series applied, thanks Andrew.