netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: Add support for SMSC/Microchip LAN9303 3-port switch

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Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:00:20 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sr@...x.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, r.meier@...mens.com,
	lukas.stockmann@...mens.com, f.fainelli@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: Add support for SMSC/Microchip LAN9303
 3-port switch

From: Stefan Roese <sr@...x.de>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:32:20 +0100

> On 27.02.2014 23:02, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Stefan Roese <sr@...x.de>
>> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 10:07:52 +0100
>>
>> Better is to come up with a real, types, interface for programming
>> such devices and providing an implementation of that.
> 
> Right. Such a thing would be better. But as Florian already pointed
> out, nothing like this is available in kernel.org right now. Thats the
> reason why I chose to implement this "simple" driver, btw as done in
> drivers/net/phy/spi_ks8995.c.

When a suitable user facing interface is lacking, you create one
and submit it for review here.  You don't just submit adhoc driver
local stuff.

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