netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Add support for asking the PHY its abilities

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Date:   Sat, 9 Feb 2019 20:42:55 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Add support for asking the PHY its
 abilities

> I know, it's patch 15 in your series ;) And I'm aware that usually new
> core functionality is acceptable only if it comes together with a user,
> to avoid having billions of orphaned good ideas in the code.
> I focused on the core here to not get lost in all the new stuff, and to
> provide Maxime with some direction for adjusting his series.

I'm just trying to avoid Maxime reimplementing something when we
already have a patch:

https://github.com/lunn/linux/commit/07e3fa8f183f05a09d969a9378534da35238eeb9

Maxime, feel free to cherry-pick this into your series.

	Andrew