linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] dsa: marvell: Provide per device information about max frame size

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Message-ID: <20230310130635.xuhyj4vuom22pgbh@skbuf>
Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:06:35 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] dsa: marvell: Provide per device information about
 max frame size

On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 03:04:46PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > I'm sorry, but why is this Lukasz's problem to fix? If it's broken today
> > when using mv88e6xxx with this PHY, and Lukasz doesn't have this PHY,
> > why does Lukasz have to solve this?
> 
> Well, in principle no one has to solve it. It would be good to not move
> around broken code if we know it's broken, is what I'm saying. This is
> because eventually, someone who *is* affected *will* want to fix it, and
> that fix will conflict with the refactoring. Lukasz would have had the
> interest in fixing it because he's touching that code. Again, I will do
> this when I find the time.

also: what PHY? :-/