netdev - Re: [PATCH CFT net-next 1/2] net: axienet: convert to phylink

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Message-ID: <CAFcVECJeRwgjGsxtcGpMuA23nnmywsNkA2Yngk6aDK_JuVE3NQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:55:14 +0530
From:   Harini Katakam <harinik@...inx.com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        Radhey Shyam Pandey <radhey.shyam.pandey@...inx.com>,
        Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH CFT net-next 1/2] net: axienet: convert to phylink_pcs

Hi Russell,

On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 5:26 AM Russell King (Oracle)
<linux@...linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 07:15:13AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:48:45 +0000 Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > > Convert axienet to use the phylink_pcs layer, resulting in it no longer
> > > being a legacy driver.
> > >
> > > One oddity in this driver is that lp->switch_x_sgmii controls whether
> > > we support switching between SGMII and 1000baseX. However, when clear,
> > > this also blocks updating the 1000baseX advertisement, which it
> > > probably should not be doing. Nevertheless, this behaviour is preserved
> > > but a comment is added.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> >
> > drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h:479: warning: Function parameter or member 'pcs' not described in 'axienet_local'
>
> Fixed that and the sha1 issue you raised in patch 2. Since both are
> "documentation" issues, I won't send out replacement patches until
> I've heard they've been tested on hardware though.

Thanks for the patches.
Series looks good and we're testing at our end; will get back to you
early next week.

Regards,
Harini