netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 4/4] net: mtk_eth_soc: note interface modes not set in supported

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Date:   Sat, 25 Feb 2023 21:28:31 +0100
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>, Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>,
        John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Mark Lee <Mark-MC.Lee@...iatek.com>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 4/4] net: mtk_eth_soc: note interface modes
 not set in supported_interfaces

On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 07:11:44PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 05:49:18PM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 12:36:26PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Russell,
> > 
> > I think it would be good to add a patch description here.
> > 
> > Code change looks good to me.
> 
> As noted in the cover message, this is to highlight the issue to
> hopefully get folk to think what we should do about RMII and REVMII
> in this driver - basically, should we continue to support them, or
> remove it completely.
> 
> Either way, this patch won't hit net-next in its current form.
> 
> Essentially, the choice is either we remove these two switch cases,
> or we add these interface modes to the supported_interfaces array.
> 
> I'd rather those with mtk_eth_soc made the decision, even though it
> is highly unlikely that these modes are used on the hardware they
> have - as I don't have any mediatek hardware.
> 
> Thanks.

Thanks, understood.
Sorry for missing this earlier.