netdev - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: Correct the documentation of KSZ9021 skew values

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Date:   Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:30:15 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     James Byrne <james.byrne@...gamienergy.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: Correct the documentation of KSZ9021
 skew values

On Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:40:35 +0000, James Byrne wrote:
> On 16/09/2019 15:14, David Miller wrote:
> > From: James Byrne <james.byrne@...gamienergy.com>
> > Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:46:35 +0000
> >   
> >> The documentation of skew values for the KSZ9021 PHY was misleading
> >> because the driver implementation followed the erroneous information
> >> given in the original KSZ9021 datasheet before it was corrected in
> >> revision 1.2 (Feb 2014). It is probably too late to correct the driver
> >> now because of the many existing device trees, so instead this just
> >> corrects the documentation to explain that what you actually get is not
> >> what you might think when looking at the device tree.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: James Byrne <james.byrne@...gamienergy.com>  
> > 
> > What tree should this go into?  
> 
> I believe this should go into the 'net' tree, but please let me know if 
> I have submitted this patch incorrectly in some way.

Okay, applied, thanks.