netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 00/11] net: mvmdio: add xMDIO xSMI support

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Message-Id: <20170616.122803.2124267163457790253.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:28:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com
Cc:     jason@...edaemon.net, andrew@...n.ch,
        gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com,
        sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com, nadavh@...vell.com,
        mw@...ihalf.com, linux@...linux.org.uk, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 00/11] net: mvmdio: add xMDIO xSMI support

From: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:43:15 +0200

> This series aims to add the xSMI support on the xMDIO bus to the
> mvmdio driver. The xSMI interface complies with the IEEE 802.3 clause 45
> and is used by 10GbE devices. On 7k and 8k (as of now), such an
> interface is found and is used by Ethernet controllers.
> 
> Patches 1-4 and 9 are cosmetic cleanups.
> 
> Patches 5-7 are prerequisites to the xSMI support.
> 
> Patches 8 and 10-11 add the xSMI support to the mvmdio driver, and a
> node is added both in the cp110 slave and master device trees.
> 
> This was tested on an Armada 8040 mcbin, as well as on both the
> Armada 7040 DB and the Armada 8040 DB to ensure the SMI interface
> was still working.
> 
> @Dave: patch 11 should go through the mvebu tree as asked by Gregory,
> thanks!

Patches 1-10 applied to net-next, thanks.