netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] net: pcs: pcs-mtk-lynxi fix mtk_pcs_lynxi_get

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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 09:50:41 +0000
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
Cc: Eric Woudstra <ericwouds@...il.com>, Alexander Couzens <lynxis@...0.eu>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
	Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@...lic-files.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] net: pcs: pcs-mtk-lynxi fix
 mtk_pcs_lynxi_get_state() for 2500base-x

On Tue, Jan 02, 2024 at 09:01:23PM +0100, Daniel Golle wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 02, 2024 at 08:33:32PM +0100, Eric Woudstra wrote:
> > [...]
> > 
> > So if phylink_mii_c22_pcs_decode_state() should not set the speed, then it is not correctly set somewhere else.
> 
> Yes, but the fix should go to pcs-mtk-lynxi.c and you don't need to
> change phylink for it to work.

... which is broken thinking. It's "let's add custom hacks to drivers
to implement driver specific behaviour, ignoring what is being asked
of them by the upper layers."

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