netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: lan966x: hardcode the number of external ports

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Date:   Wed, 06 Jul 2022 01:30:12 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Cc:     horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        olteanv@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: lan966x: hardcode the number of external ports

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon,  4 Jul 2022 17:36:54 +0200 you wrote:
> Instead of counting the child nodes in the device tree, hardcode the
> number of ports in the driver itself.  The counting won't work at all
> if an ethernet port is marked as disabled, e.g. because it is not
> connected on the board at all.
> 
> It turns out that the LAN9662 and LAN9668 use the same switching IP
> with the same synthesis parameters. The only difference is that the
> output ports are not connected. Thus, we can just hardcode the
> number of physical ports to 8.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v2] net: lan966x: hardcode the number of external ports
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/e6fa930f73a1

You are awesome, thank you!
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