netdev - Re: mv643xx_eth.c merge gone bad...

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Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2016 19:22:01 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com, jarod@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mv643xx_eth.c merge gone bad...

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:18:54AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 10/31/2016 07:34 AM, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:35:38 +0100
> > 
> >> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 09:12:06AM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> >>> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> >>> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:33:49 +0100
> >>>
> >>>> The merge of commit 27058af401e49d88a905df000dd26f443fcfa8ce for
> >>>> mv643xx_eth.c has gone bad:
> >>>
> >>> Sorry this should be fixed now.
> >>
> >> Hi David
> >>
> >> I think the SET_NETDEV_DEV() should be removed, which is what cause the merged conflict:
> >>
> >> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/687294/
> 
> The SET_NETDEV_DEV() is required for Jason's change to work, since he is
> doing this:
> 
> +static int get_phy_mode(struct mv643xx_eth_private *mp)
> +{
> +	struct device *dev = mp->dev->dev.parent;

Hi Florian

That requires the SET_NETDEV_DEV() which is in a different hunk of the
original patch, moving it earlier. This is the old one which is being
removed.

	Andrew