netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: dsa: remove legacy_pre

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Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:02:56 +0300
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
	AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
	Ar__n__ __NAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>,
	Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
	Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Landen Chao <Landen.Chao@...iatek.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
	UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
	Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: dsa: remove legacy_pre_march2020
 detection

On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 10:12:07AM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> All drivers are now updated for the March 2020 changes, and no longer
> make use of the mac_pcs_get_state() or mac_an_restart() operations,
> which are now NULL across all DSA drivers. All DSA drivers don't look
> at speed, duplex, pause or advertisement in their phylink_mac_config()
> method either.
> 
> Remove support for these operations from DSA, and stop marking DSA as
> a legacy driver by default.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>