netdev - Re: [PATCH 00/10] IXP4xx networking cleanups

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Date:   Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:33:05 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] IXP4xx networking cleanups

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 2:08 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> This is a patch series which jams together Arnds and mine
> cleanups for the IXP4xx networking.
>
> I also have patches for device tree support but that
> requires more elaborate work, this series is some of
> mine and some of Arnds patches that is a good foundation
> for his multiplatform work and my device tree work.
>
> These are for application to the networking tree so
> that can be taken in one separate sweep.
>
> I have tested the patches for a bit using zeroday builds
> and some boots on misc IXP4xx devices and haven't run
> into any major problems. We might find some new stuff
> as a result from the new compiler coverage.
>
> The patch set also hits in the ARM tree but Arnd is
> a ARM SoC maintainer and is hereby informed :)

Thanks a lot for collecting these, it looks very good overall.

I had two minor comments for your patches and noticed one
more thing about one of mine:

> Arnd Bergmann (4):
>   wan: ixp4xx_hss: fix compile-testing on 64-bit
>   wan: ixp4xx_hss: enable compile testing
>   ptp: ixp46x: move next to ethernet driver

That subject "move next to ..." makes no sense. I don't
know what I tried to write there, but if you send a new
version, please drop the "next" or try to come up with a
better subject than what I had.

     Arnd