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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:23:20 +0530
From: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To: Steen Hegelund <steen.hegelund@...rochip.com>
Cc: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Microchip UNG Driver List <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 0/4] Adding the Sparx5 Serdes driver
Hello Steen,
On 15-03-21, 16:04, Steen Hegelund wrote:
> Hi Kishon, Vinod, Andrew, Jacub, and David,
>
> I just wanted to know if you think that the Generic PHY subsystem might
> not be the right place for this Ethernet SerDes PHY driver after all.
>
> Originally I chose this subsystem for historic reasons: The
> Microchip/Microsemi Ocelot SerDes driver was added here when it was
> upstreamed.
> On the other hand the Ocelot Serdes can do both PCIe and Ethernet, so
> it might fit the signature of a generic PHY better.
>
> At the moment the acceptance of the Sparx5 Serdes driver is blocking us
> from adding the Sparx5 SwitchDev driver (to net), so it is really
> important for us to resolve which subsystem the Serdes driver belongs
> to.
>
> I am very much looking forward to your response.
Generic PHY IMO is the right place for this series, I shall review it
shortly and do the needful. I have asked Kishon to check the new phy API
and ack it...
Thanks
--
~Vinod
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