linux-kernel - Re: [net-next PATCH v4 06/11] net: phy: Export some functions

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Message-ID: <20250514195716.5ec9d927@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 19:57:16 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...ux.dev>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S .
 Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo
 Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
 upstream@...oha.com, Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>, Simon
 Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 06/11] net: phy: Export some functions

On Mon, 12 May 2025 12:10:08 -0400 Sean Anderson wrote:
> Export a few functions so they can be used outside the phy subsystem:
> 
> get_phy_c22_id is useful when probing MDIO devices which present a
> phy-like interface despite not using the Linux ethernet phy subsystem.
> 
> mdio_device_bus_match is useful when creating MDIO devices manually
> (e.g. on non-devicetree platforms).
> 
> At the moment the only (future) user of these functions selects PHYLIB,
> so we do not need fallbacks for when CONFIG_PHYLIB=n.

This one does not apply cleanly.
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