netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v2] net: phy: correctly check soft

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Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 01:20:25 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc: andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
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 larysa.zaremba@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2] net: phy: correctly check soft_reset ret ONLY if
 defined for PHY

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:53:32 +0100 you wrote:
> Introduced by commit 6e2d85ec0559 ("net: phy: Stop with excessive soft
> reset").
> 
> soft_reset call for phy_init_hw had multiple revision across the years
> and the implementation goes back to 2014. Originally was a simple call
> to write the generic PHY reset BIT, it was then moved to a dedicated
> function. It was then added the option for PHY driver to define their
> own special way to reset the PHY. Till this change, checking for ret was
> correct as it was always filled by either the generic reset or the
> custom implementation. This changed tho with commit 6e2d85ec0559 ("net:
> phy: Stop with excessive soft reset"), as the generic reset call to PHY
> was dropped but the ret check was never made entirely optional and
> dependent whether soft_reset was defined for the PHY driver or not.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v2] net: phy: correctly check soft_reset ret ONLY if defined for PHY
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/aadbd27f9674

You are awesome, thank you!
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