netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 8/9] net: dsa: dsa_slave_phy_connect(): extend phy's flags with port specific phy flags

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Message-ID: <20210611192417.gvfxi2kbfjx4jv3d@skbuf>
Date:   Fri, 11 Jun 2021 22:24:17 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 8/9] net: dsa: dsa_slave_phy_connect():
 extend phy's flags with port specific phy flags

On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 09:15:26AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> This patch extends the flags of the phy that's being connected with the
> port specific flags of the switch port.
> 
> This is needed to handle a port specific erratum of the KSZ8873 switch,
> which is added in a later patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
> ---

What happens differently between having this patch and not having it?