netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: axienet: Dynamically enable MDIO interface

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Message-ID: <20201107111717.59b399e7@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Sat, 7 Nov 2020 11:17:17 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Radhey Shyam Pandey <radhey.shyam.pandey@...inx.com>
Cc:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <michal.simek@...inx.com>, <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <git@...inx.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: axienet: Dynamically enable MDIO
 interface

On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 16:56:08 +0530 Radhey Shyam Pandey wrote:
> This patchset dynamically enable MDIO interface. The background for this
> change is coming from Cadence GEM controller(macb) in which MDC is active 
> only during MDIO read or write operations while the PHY registers are
> read or written. It is implemented as an IP feature. 
> 
> For axiethernet as dynamic MDC enable/disable is not supported in hw
> we are implementing it in sw. This change doesn't affect any existing
> functionality.

Applied, thank you!