netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 5/6] net: dsa: use swnode fixed-link if using default params

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Message-ID: <YtW91F42jhhtPj9p@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:08:52 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/6] net: dsa: use swnode fixed-link if using
 default params

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 08:13:19PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 09:59:25PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 10:36:29PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 11:11:18PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 05:01:48PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > > > Co-developed by Vladimir Oltean and myself.
> > > > 
> > > > Why not to use
> > > > 
> > > >   Co-developed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> > > 
> > > Ah, that's an official thing. Thanks.
> > 
> > Yep, it's even documented in Submitting Patches.
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > > > +	phy_node = of_parse_phandle(dn, "phy-handle", 0);
> > > > 
> > > > fwnode in the name, why not to use fwnode APIs?
> > > > 
> > > > 	fwnode_find_reference();
> > > 
> > > Marcin has a series converting DSA to use fwnode things - currently DSA
> > > does not support ACPI, so converting it to fwnode doesn't make that much
> > > sese until the proper ACPI patches get merged, which have now been
> > > rebased on this series by Marcin in the expectation that these patches
> > > would be merged... so I don't want to tred on Marcin's feet on that.
> > 
> > But it's normal development process...
> > 
> > Anyway, it seems to me that you are using fwnode out of that (with the
> > exception of one call). To me it looks that you add a work to him, rather
> > than making his life easier, since you know ahead that this is going to be
> > converted.
> 
> No, I didn't know ahead of time until Marcin piped up about it, and
> then we discussed how to resolve the conflict between the two patch
> sets.

But now you know that and since your series is not yet in, back to phase 1,
i.e. "normal development process (with additional coordination required)".

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko