linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 6/9] net: hns3: Add MDIO support to HNS3 Ethernet driver for hip08 SoC

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Message-ID: <20170614011022.GE23384@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 14 Jun 2017 03:10:22 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Zhuangyuzeng (Yisen)" <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
        huangdaode <huangdaode@...ilicon.com>,
        "lipeng (Y)" <lipeng321@...wei.com>,
        "mehta.salil.lnk@...il.com" <mehta.salil.lnk@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linuxarm <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 6/9] net: hns3: Add MDIO support to HNS3
 Ethernet driver for hip08 SoC

> Since I would be touching the core, lots of drivers will get impacted and will
> have to wait till everyone gives clean signal. This will impact our internal
> deadlines. But as I said I am eager to cooperate & contribute :)

Just as an FYI.

Your internal deadlines are irrelevant. We will reject your patches
until we are happy with it. We probably won't accept a hack around a
core feature limitation. We will want you to fix the core limitation
and then do it right in the driver.

    Andrew