netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 net-next 0/3] Ethtool support for phy stats

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Message-Id: <20151228.004427.1444978630699405304.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 28 Dec 2015 00:44:27 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andrew@...n.ch
Cc:	f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net-next 0/3] Ethtool support for phy stats

From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 00:32:43 -0500 (EST)

> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 12:58:25 +0100
> 
>> This patchset add ethtool support for reading statistics from the PHY.
>> The Marvell and Micrel Phys are then extended to report receiver
>> packet errors and idle errors.
>> 
>> v2:
>>   Fix linking when phylib is not enabled.
> 
> Series applied, thanks Andrew.

I have to revert this.

You can't call into PHY library code from net/core/ethtool.c,
because PHY lib can be modular.
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