netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/3] Make the PHY library stop being so greedy when binding the generic PHY driver

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Message-ID: <20210902213940.GP22278@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 2 Sep 2021 22:39:40 +0100
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Alvin Šipraga <alsi@...g-olufsen.dk>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/3] Make the PHY library stop being so
 greedy when binding the generic PHY driver

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 11:32:48PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> But these patches also solve DSA's issue with the circular dependency
> between the switch and its internal PHYs, and nobody seems to have asked
> the most important question: why?

Surely you specified that in your cover message and in the patch
that actually fixes the problem, as one always should do.

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