netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 1/3] usbnet: specify naming of usbnet_set/get_link

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Message-ID: <YAomCIEWCsquQODX@lunn.ch>
Date:   Fri, 22 Jan 2021 02:10:32 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
Cc:     hayeswang@...ltek.com, grundler@...omium.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Roland Dreier <roland@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/3] usbnet: specify naming of
 usbnet_set/get_link_ksettings

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 01:57:29PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> The old generic functions assume that the devices includes
> an MDIO interface. This is true only for genuine ethernet.
> Devices with a higher level of abstraction or based on different
> technologies do not have it. So in preparation for
> supporting that, we rename the old functions to something specific.
> 
> v2: adjusted to recent changes

Hi Oliver

It  looks like my comment:

https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg711869.html

was ignored. Do you not like the name mii?

    Andrew