linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: phy: at803x: paging support

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Date:   Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:26:47 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: phy: at803x: paging support

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 07:52:38PM +0100, Michael Walle wrote:
> Add paging support to the QCA AR8031/33 PHY. This will be needed if we
> add support for the .config_inband_aneg callback, see series [1].
>
> The driver itself already accesses the fiber page (without proper locking).
> The former version of this patchset converted the access to
> phy_read_paged(), but Vladimir Oltean mentioned that it is dead code.
> Therefore, the second patch will just remove it.
>
> changes since v1:
>  - second patch will remove at803x_aneg_done() altogether

I'm pretty sure net-next is closed now, since David sent the pull
request, and I didn't come to a conclusion yet regarding the final
form of the phy_config_inband_aneg method either.