netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: dsa: add support for mac_prepare() and mac

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Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 11:18:29 +0200
From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: dsa: add support for mac_prepare() and
 mac_finish() calls

On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 11:38:44AM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> Add DSA support for the phylink mac_prepare() and mac_finish() calls.
> These were introduced as part of the PCS support to allow MACs to
> perform preparatory steps prior to configuration, and finalisation
> steps after the MAC and PCS has been configured.
> 
> Introducing phylink_pcs support to the mv88e6xxx DSA driver needs some
> code moved out of its mac_config() stage into the mac_prepare() and
> mac_finish() stages, and this commit facilitates such code in DSA
> drivers.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>