linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/11] net: dsa: rework EEE support

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Date:   Tue, 1 Aug 2017 16:31:13 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
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 00/11] net: dsa: rework EEE support

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 06:17:08PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> EEE implies configuring the port's PHY and MAC of both ends of the wire.
> 
> The current EEE support in DSA mixes PHY and MAC configuration, which is
> bad because PHYs must be configured through a proper PHY driver. The DSA
> switch operations for EEE are only meant for configuring the port's MAC,
> which are integrated in the Ethernet switch device.
> 
> This patchset fixes the EEE support in qca8k driver, makes the DSA layer
> call phy_init_eee for all drivers, and remove the EEE support from the
> mv88e6xxx driver since the Marvell PHY driver should be enough for it.

Hi Vivien

Thanks for working on this. I like the general direction this takes,
moving the repeated code into slave.c

       Andrew