netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: macb: convert to phylink

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Message-Id: <20191112.114357.667316757358233747.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 12 Nov 2019 11:43:57 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     antoine.tenart@...tlin.com
Cc:     linux@...linux.org.uk, andrew@...n.ch,
        alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
        mparab@...ence.com, piotrs@...ence.com, dkangude@...ence.com,
        ewanm@...ence.com, arthurm@...ence.com, stevenh@...ence.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: macb: convert to phylink

From: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:25:48 +0100

> This patch converts the MACB Ethernet driver to the Phylink framework.
> The MAC configuration is moved to the Phylink ops and Phylink helpers
> are now used in the ethtools functions. This helps to access the flow
> control and pauseparam logic and this will be helpful in the future
> for boards using this controller with SFP cages.
> 
> Tested-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>

Things like pulling out the buffer init code into a helper function are
separate from the actual phylink conversion, so please split these changes
out into separate patches and make this a bonafide patch series.

Please do not forget to provide an appropriate patch series header
posting when you do this.

Thank you.