netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: realtek: fix RTL8201F sysfs name

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Date:   Sun, 4 Nov 2018 19:47:41 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Holger Hoffstätte 
        <holger@...lied-asynchrony.com>
Cc:     Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: realtek: fix RTL8201F sysfs name

On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 07:02:42PM +0100, Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
> Since 4.19 the following error in sysfs has appeared when using the
> r8169 NIC driver:
> 
> $cd /sys/module/realtek/drivers
> $ls -l
> ls: cannot access 'mdio_bus:RTL8201F 10/100Mbps Ethernet': No such file or directory
> [..garbled dir entries follow..]
> 
> Apparently the forward slash in "10/100Mbps Ethernet" is interpreted
> as directory separator that leads nowhere, and was introduced in commit
> 513588dd44b ("net: phy: realtek: add RTL8201F phy-id and functions").
> 
> Fix this by removing the offending slash in the driver name.
> 
> Other drivers in net/phy seem to have the same problem, but I cannot
> test/verify them.

Hi Holger

This last comment would generally be placed after the ---. It will
then not appear in the commit message.

Also, in future, please put the target tree, net or net-next as part
of the subject line:

[PATCH net] ....

Thanks
	Andrew