linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] Fix integration of eee-broken-modes

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Date:   Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:51:20 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jbrunet@...libre.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, carlo@...one.org, khilman@...libre.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] Fix integration of eee-broken-modes

From: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:05:35 +0100

> The purpose of this series is to fix the integration of the ethernet phy
> property "eee-broken-modes" [0]
> 
> The v3 of this series has been merged, missing a fix (error reported by
> kbuild robot) available in the v4 [1]
> 
> More importantly, Florian opposed adding a DT property mapping a device
> register this directly [2]. The concern was that the property could be
> abused to implement platform configuration policy. After discussing it,
> I think we agreed that such information about the HW (defect) should appear
> in the platform DT. However, the preferred way is to add a boolean property
> for each EEE broken mode.
> 
> [0]: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480326409-25419-1-git-send-email-jbrunet@baylibre.com
> [1]: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480348229-25672-1-git-send-email-jbrunet@baylibre.com
> [2]: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e14a3b0c-dc34-be14-48b3-518a0ad0c080@gmail.com

Series applied, thank you.