netdev - Re: [PATCH net v1] net: dsa: lantiq_gswip: fix and improve the unsupported interface error

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Date:   Sun, 07 Jun 2020 17:10:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com
Cc:     hauke@...ke-m.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v1] net: dsa: lantiq_gswip: fix and improve the
 unsupported interface error

From: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
Date: Sun,  7 Jun 2020 15:02:58 +0200

> While trying to use the lantiq_gswip driver on one of my boards I made
> a mistake when specifying the phy-mode (because the out-of-tree driver
> wants phy-mode "gmii" or "mii" for the internal PHYs). In this case the
> following error is printed multiple times:
>   Unsupported interface: 3
> 
> While it gives at least a hint at what may be wrong it is not very user
> friendly. Print the human readable phy-mode and also which port is
> configured incorrectly (this hardware supports ports 0..6) to improve
> the cases where someone made a mistake.
> 
> Fixes: 14fceff4771e51 ("net: dsa: Add Lantiq / Intel DSA driver for vrx200")
> Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>

Looks good, applied, thank you.