netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: phy: remove calls to genphy_config

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Message-ID: <b2b3c2a0-6bc5-c59e-2dd6-cd6bbaa3b3f7@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 17 Aug 2019 12:25:15 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:ARM/Amlogic Meson..." <linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: phy: remove calls to
 genphy_config_init

On 16.08.2019 23:58, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 8/16/19 1:31 PM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> Supported PHY features are either auto-detected or explicitly set.
>> In both cases calling genphy_config_init isn't needed. All that
>> genphy_config_init does is removing features that are set as
>> supported but can't be auto-detected. Basically it duplicates the
>> code in genphy_read_abilities. Therefore remove such calls from
>> all PHY drivers.
>>
>> v2:
>> - remove call also from new adin PHY driver
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
> 
> Looks good, just one question below:
> 
>> +static int dummy_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
>> +{
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static struct mdio_device_id __maybe_unused dp83848_tbl[] = {
>>  	{ TI_DP83848C_PHY_ID, 0xfffffff0 },
>>  	{ NS_DP83848C_PHY_ID, 0xfffffff0 },
>> @@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(mdio, dp83848_tbl);
>>  
>>  static struct phy_driver dp83848_driver[] = {
>>  	DP83848_PHY_DRIVER(TI_DP83848C_PHY_ID, "TI DP83848C 10/100 Mbps PHY",
>> -			   genphy_config_init),
>> +			   dummy_config_init),
>>  	DP83848_PHY_DRIVER(NS_DP83848C_PHY_ID, "NS DP83848C 10/100 Mbps PHY",
>> -			   genphy_config_init),
>> +			   dummy_config_init),
>>  	DP83848_PHY_DRIVER(TI_DP83620_PHY_ID, "TI DP83620 10/100 Mbps PHY",
>>  			   dp83848_config_init),
>>  	DP83848_PHY_DRIVER(TLK10X_PHY_ID, "TI TLK10X 10/100 Mbps PHY",
>> -			   genphy_config_init),
>> +			   dummy_config_init),
> 
> drv->config_init is an optional callback so you could just either pass
> NULL as an argument to the macro, or simply remove that parameter?
> 
Yes, this can be simplified. Let's pass NULL. Thanks!