netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: remove phy_ethtool

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Date:   Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:41:46 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: remove phy_ethtool_sset()

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:37:08PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> There are no users of phy_ethtool_sset() in the kernel anymore, and
> as of 3c1bcc8614db ("net: ethernet: Convert phydev advertize and
> supported from u32 to link mode"), the implementation is slightly
> buggy - it doesn't correctly check the masked advertising mask as it
> used to.
> 
> Remove it, and update the phy documentation to refer to its replacement
> function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew