netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/9] Clause 45 PHY probing improvements

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:17:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     linux@...linux.org.uk
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, jeremy.linton@....com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] Clause 45 PHY probing improvements

From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 14:45:00 +0100

> Last time this series was posted back in May, Florian reviewed the
> patches, which was the only feedback I received.  I'm now posting
> them without the RFC tag.
> 
> This series aims to improve the probing for Clause 45 PHYs.
> 
> The first four patches clean up get_phy_device() and called functions,
> updating the kernel doc, adding information about the various error
> return values.
> 
> We then provide better kerneldoc for get_phy_device(), describing what
> is going on, and more importantly what the various return codes mean.
> 
> Patch 6 adds support for probing MMDs >= 8 to check for their presence.
> 
> Patch 7 changes get_phy_c45_ids() to only set the returned
> devices_in_package if we successfully find a PHY.
> 
> Patch 8 splits the use of "devices in package" from the "mmds present".
> 
> Patch 9 expands our ID reading to cover the other MMDs.

Series applied, thanks Russell.