linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 00/11] net: dsa: realtek: variants to drivers, interfaces to a common module

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:50:26 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>
Cc: linus.walleij@...aro.org, alsi@...g-olufsen.dk, andrew@...n.ch,
 f.fainelli@...il.com, olteanv@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 00/11] net: dsa: realtek: variants to drivers,
 interfaces to a common module

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 02:03:36 -0300 you wrote:
> The current driver consists of two interface modules (SMI and MDIO) and
> two family/variant modules (RTL8365MB and RTL8366RB). The SMI and MDIO
> modules serve as the platform and MDIO drivers, respectively, calling
> functions from the variant modules. In this setup, one interface module
> can be loaded independently of the other, but both variants must be
> loaded (if not disabled at build time) for any type of interface. This
> approach doesn't scale well, especially with the addition of more switch
> variants (e.g., RTL8366B), leading to loaded but unused modules.
> Additionally, this also seems upside down, as the specific driver code
> normally depends on the more generic functions and not the other way
> around.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v6,01/11] net: dsa: realtek: drop cleanup from realtek_ops
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/33f4336cbd32
  - [net-next,v6,02/11] net: dsa: realtek: introduce REALTEK_DSA namespace
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ded3813b44fe
  - [net-next,v6,03/11] net: dsa: realtek: convert variants into real drivers
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/bce254b839ab
  - [net-next,v6,04/11] net: dsa: realtek: keep variant reference in realtek_priv
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/4667a1db2f55
  - [net-next,v6,05/11] net: dsa: realtek: common rtl83xx module
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/8be040ecd94c
  - [net-next,v6,06/11] net: dsa: realtek: merge rtl83xx and interface modules into realtek_dsa
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/98b75c1c149c
  - [net-next,v6,07/11] net: dsa: realtek: get internal MDIO node by name
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/8685c98d45c5
  - [net-next,v6,08/11] net: dsa: realtek: clean user_mii_bus setup
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/68c66d8d8a19
  - [net-next,v6,09/11] net: dsa: realtek: migrate user_mii_bus setup to realtek_dsa
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/b4bd77971f3c
  - [net-next,v6,10/11] net: dsa: realtek: use the same mii bus driver for both interfaces
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/bba140a566ed
  - [net-next,v6,11/11] net: dsa: realtek: embed dsa_switch into realtek_priv
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/9fc469b2943d

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