linux-kernel - Re: [net-next PATCH v3 3/5] net: phy: qcom: deatch qca83xx PHY driver from at803x

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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:46:54 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
	Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3 3/5] net: phy: qcom: deatch qca83xx PHY
 driver from at803x

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 01:04:24PM +0100, Christian Marangi wrote:
> Deatch qca83xx PHY driver from at803x.
> 
> The QCA83xx PHYs implement specific function and doesn't use generic
> at803x so it can be detached from the driver and moved to a dedicated
> one.
> 
> Probe function and priv struct is reimplemented to allocate and use
> only the qca83xx specific data. Unused data from at803x PHY driver
> are dropped from at803x priv struct.
> 
> This is to make slimmer PHY drivers instead of including lots of bloat
> that would never be used in specific SoC.
> 
> A new Kconfig flag QCA83XX_PHY is introduced to compile the new
> introduced PHY driver.
> 
> As the Kconfig name starts with Qualcomm the same order is kept.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew