netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 03/17] net: dsa: slave: Remove MDIO address from switch MDIO bus name

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Message-ID: <87zir26t3i.fsf@ketchup.mtl.sfl>
Date:	Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:10:57 -0400
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 03/17] net: dsa: slave: Remove MDIO address from switch MDIO bus name

Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> writes:

> The DSA layer should no longer assume the switch is connected to an
> MDIO bus. As a result, we cannot use the address on the MDIO bus when
> forming the name of the switches internal MDIO bus for its builtin and
> possibly external PHYs. The switch index is sufficient to make the
> name unique, so drop the MDIO address.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Reviewed-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>