netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mt753x: remove mt753x_phylink_pcs_link

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Message-ID: <1331726d-2cd4-03a1-6a15-ec145b197da5@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 16:24:48 -0700
From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
 Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: Ar__n__ __NAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>,
 Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>, Landen Chao
 <Landen.Chao@...iatek.com>, DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>,
 Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.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>,
 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 net-next] net: dsa: mt753x: remove
 mt753x_phylink_pcs_link_up()

On 9/27/23 05:13, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> Remove the mt753x_phylink_pcs_link_up() function for two reasons:
> 
> 1) priv->pcs[i].pcs.neg_mode is set true, meaning it doesn't take a
>     MLO_AN_FIXED anymore, but one of PHYLINK_PCS_NEG_*. However, this
>     is inconsequential due to...
> 2) priv->pcs[port].pcs.ops is always initialised to point at
>     mt7530_pcs_ops, which does not have a pcs_link_up() member.
> 
> So, let's remove mt753x_phylink_pcs_link_up() entirely.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
-- 
Florian