linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: stmmac: Move MAC caps init to phylink MAC caps getter

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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:21:30 +0200 (CEST)
From: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
To: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>
cc: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: stmmac: Move MAC caps init to phylink
 MAC caps getter

On Tue, 16 Apr 2024, Serge Semin wrote:

> So I don't think that changing it to something different would be a
> good alternative. What could be a better option is to rename the
> stmmac_ops::phylink_get_caps() callback and
> stmmac_mac_phylink_get_caps() macro-function to something like:
> 
> stmmac_ops::link_update_caps()
> stmmac_mac_link_update_caps()
> 
> especially seeing the callback no longer sets the phylink MAC
> capabilities directly. What do you think?

This seems like a good solution to me.

Thanks,

-- 
Romain Gantois, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com