netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] regmap: add miim bus support

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Date:   Fri, 9 Apr 2021 19:16:42 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Sander Vanheule <sander@...nheule.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, bert@...t.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] regmap: add miim bus support

On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 08:14:22PM +0200, Sander Vanheule wrote:

> The kernel has the mii_bus struct to describe the bus master, but like
> you noted the bus is generaly refered to as an MDIO interface. I'm fine
> with naming it MDIO to make it easier to spot.

Either mii_bus or mdio seem like an improvement - something matching
existing kernel terminology, I guess mdio is consistent with the API it
works with so...

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