netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] Convert mv88e6060 to mdio device

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Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 23:16:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        vivien.didelot@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] Convert mv88e6060 to mdio device

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 02:56:20 +0200

> This patchset builds upon the previous patches to mv88e6060. It adds
> support for probing the switch as an MDIO device and then removes the
> legacy probe method. Since this is the last device supporting legacy
> probe, this allows legacy probe to be removed, originally planned to
> be removed in 4.17, but took a bit longer.
> 
> This change to the mv88e6060 is more risky than the previous
> patchset. Some attempts to test it have been made, by hacking the
> driver to match on an mv88e6352 so that it probes. These changes are
> all about probe, so it is a reasonable test. But testing on a real
> mv88e6060 would be great.

Series applied, thanks Andrew.