netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 01/11] net: phy: get rid of redundant is

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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 19:25:24 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Michael Walle <mwalle@...nel.org>
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Yisen Zhuang <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
	Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
	Broadcom internal kernel review list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
	Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>,
	Xu Liang <lxu@...linear.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 01/11] net: phy: get rid of redundant is_c45
 information

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 05:07:01PM +0200, Michael Walle wrote:
> phy_device_create() will be called with is_c45 and c45_ids. If c45_ids
> are set, is_c45 is (usually) true. Change the only caller which do
> things differently, then drop the is_c45 check in phy_device_create().
> 
> This is a preparation patch to replace the is_c45 boolean with an enum
> which will indicate how the PHY is accessed (by c22, c45 or
> c45-over-c22).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <mwalle@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew