linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] net: phy: harmonize phy_id{,

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Message-ID: <5c8e340d-4115-f745-db3a-ebd3bc16ff1d@skidata.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 15:50:55 +0100
From:   Richard Leitner <richard.leitner@...data.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Richard Leitner <dev@...l1n.net>
CC:     <f.fainelli@...il.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] net: phy: harmonize phy_id{,_mask} data type


On 11/27/2017 02:50 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 08:16:45AM +0100, Richard Leitner wrote:
>> From: Richard Leitner <richard.leitner@...data.com>
>>
>> Previously phy_id was u32 and phy_id_mask was unsigned int. As the
>> phy_id_mask defines the important bits of the phy_id (and is therefore
>> the same size) these two variables should be the same data type.
> 
> Hi Richard
> 
> It is normal to put inside the [] of the subject line which of the two
> trees this patch is for. In this case net-next.
> 
> No need to resend, but please try to do this for your the next
> networking patch.

Ok. Thank you for the information. Just saw that it's described in
netdev-FAQ.txt. Sorry for not reading that in advance!

> 
> 	   Andrew
>