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Message-ID: <90896dc26c213d416bd78a0c6b6befe66f14e3a1.camel@microchip.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:05:35 +0100
From: Steen Hegelund <steen.hegelund@...rochip.com>
To: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
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
Hi Vinod,
On Tue, 2021-03-16 at 10:23 +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
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> 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
Thank you very much for the confirmation.
BR
Steen
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