netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 10/11] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: remove EEE support

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Date:   Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:08:15 -0400
From:   Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...oirfairelinux.com,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 10/11] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: remove EEE support

Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com> writes:

> Second option is: we keep it KISS and let the driver define its noop,
> but as I explain, it is confusing, especially for the get operation.

In fact we should be good because the DSA layer will call
ds->ops->{g,s}et_mac_eee before phy_ethtool_{g,s}et_eee, so if the DSA
driver didn't touch the ethtool_eee structure, the PHY ops will anyway.

I'm sending a v2 right away.

Thanks,

        Vivien