netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: populate supported

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Date:   Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:05:40 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: populate supported_interfaces member

On 10/28/21 10:00 AM, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> From: =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Beh=C3=BAn?= <kabel@...nel.org>
> 
> Add a new DSA switch operation, phylink_get_interfaces, which should
> fill in which PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_* are supported by given port.
> 
> Use this before phylink_create() to fill phylinks supported_interfaces
> member, allowing phylink to determine which PHY_INTERFACE_MODEs are
> supported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>
> [tweaked patch and description to add more complete support -- rmk]
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

No objection per-se, but don't we want to see a companion patch in the
same series that make at least one driver implement phylink_get_interfaces?
-- 
Florian