netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next v9 1/9] net: txgbe: Add software nodes to support phylink

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Message-ID: <038901d992bd$863a6b30$92af4190$@trustnetic.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 14:11:08 +0800
From: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com>
To: "'Andy Shevchenko'" <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	"'Hans de Goede'" <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
	<mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
	<jsd@...ihalf.com>,
	<Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>,
	<andrew@...n.ch>,
	<hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	<linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	<linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	<mengyuanlou@...-swift.com>,
	"'Piotr Raczynski'" <piotr.raczynski@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v9 1/9] net: txgbe: Add software nodes to support phylink

On Saturday, May 27, 2023 4:44 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> +Cc Hans (see below)
> 
> On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 05:17:14PM +0800, Jiawen Wu wrote:
> > Register software nodes for GPIO, I2C, SFP and PHYLINK. Define the
> > device properties.
> 
> ...
> 
> > +int txgbe_init_phy(struct txgbe *txgbe)
> > +{
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	ret = txgbe_swnodes_register(txgbe);
> > +	if (ret) {
> > +		wx_err(txgbe->wx, "failed to register software nodes\n");
> 
> > +		return ret;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> 
> These 4 lines can be as simple as
> 
> 	return ret;

This function is going to be extended with later patches, is it necessary to
simply it here?

> 
> > +}
> 
> ...
> 
> > +#define NODE_PROP(_NAME, _PROP)			\
> > +	(const struct software_node) {		\
> > +		.name = _NAME,			\
> > +		.properties = _PROP,		\
> > +	}
> 
> Looking at the amount of drivers that want this, I would declare it in the
> property.h with SOFTWARE_NODE_PROPERTY name. I'll Ack that.
> 
> Hans, what do you think?