linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 net 2/2] net: asix: init mdiobus from one function

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Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2023 11:05:26 -0800
From:   Grant Grundler <grundler@...omium.org>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     Grant Grundler <grundler@...omium.org>,
        Oleksij Rempel <linux@...pel-privat.de>,
        Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>,
        Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>,
        Eizan Miyamoto <eizan@...omium.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 net 2/2] net: asix: init mdiobus from one function

On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 3:20 AM Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>
> Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 09:21:59PM CET, grundler@...omium.org wrote:
> >Make asix driver consistent with other drivers (e.g. tg3 and r8169) which
> >use mdiobus calls: setup and tear down be handled in one function each.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@...omium.org>
>
> This is not fixing a bug. You should send it separatelly to net-next.

Jiro,
Thanks for reviewing both patches. Agreed that it's not fixing a bug.

The patch depends on the previous patch. It wouldn't apply on a
different branch.

I hope the maintainers can apply both to net-next and only apply the
first to net branch.

cheers,
grant