linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v14 0/4] net: dsa: initial support for MaxLinear MxL862xx switches

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Message-ID: <07210577-7bc3-4af9-b559-1b861a2be209@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:09:35 +0100
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
Cc: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley
 <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
 Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Frank Wunderlich <frankwu@....de>,
 Chad Monroe <chad@...roe.io>, Cezary Wilmanski
 <cezary.wilmanski@...ran.com>, Liang Xu <lxu@...linear.com>,
 John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v14 0/4] net: dsa: initial support for MaxLinear
 MxL862xx switches

On 2/11/26 11:01 AM, Daniel Golle wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 10:49:56AM +0100, Paolo Abeni wrote:
>> On 2/7/26 10:47 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
>>> On Sat, Feb 07, 2026 at 03:06:48AM +0000, Daniel Golle wrote:
>>>> This series adds very basic DSA support for the MaxLinear MxL86252
>>>> (5x 2500Base-T PHYs) and MxL86282 (8x 2500Base-T PHYs) switches.
>>>> In addition to the 2.5G TP ports both switches also come with two
>>>> SerDes interfaces which can be used either to connect external PHYs
>>>> or SFP cages, or as CPU port when using the switch with this DSA driver.
>>>
>>> For the entire set:
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
>>>
>>> with some minor comments I'll leave in individual patches, which I'd
>>> like you to address.
>>>
>>> I don't want to put anybody in a bad spot, but given what time it is,
>>> this set should get at least _some_ time in net-next before the upcoming
>>> net-next PR, to allow for some reaction time in case of some unexpected
>>> reports like from static analysis or similar. 
>>
>> As I'm wrapping-up the PR right now, and the series is not applied yet,
>> I fear the above is not going to happen.
>>
>> Since a driver is involved (as opposed to the core stack) and there will
>> be the usual release cycle to address issues before the code lands in an
>> official release, I tend to think this series should still be merged -
>> unless someone voices strong and valid concerns _very soon_.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Paolo
>>
>> So it would be good,
>>> because of that, for the fixups as a result of my comments to be
>>> separate patches rather than a new version.
> 
> Meaning I should send them *now*, despite net-next being closed already?

I'm sorry, I trimmed badly my reply leaving irrelevant and possibly
confusing text at the bottom.

I mean that I intend to apply the series as-is.

Please follow-up after the merge-window as needed.

Thanks,

Paolo