netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] net: stmmac: check CBS input values before configuration

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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 05:08:29 +0000
From: "Gan, Yi Fang" <yi.fang.gan@...el.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>, Jose Abreu
	<joabreu@...opsys.com>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, "Eric
 Dumazet" <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni
	<pabeni@...hat.com>, Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
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	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Looi, Hong Aun" <hong.aun.looi@...el.com>,
	"Voon, Weifeng" <weifeng.voon@...el.com>, "Song, Yoong Siang"
	<yoong.siang.song@...el.com>, "Sit, Michael Wei Hong"
	<michael.wei.hong.sit@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] net: stmmac: check CBS input values
 before configuration

Hi Andrew,

The values are not specific to stmmac driver.
It is more making sense to implement the checking at higher level.
Let's close the review for this patch.


Best Regards,
Fang

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2023 8:36 PM
> To: Gan, Yi Fang <yi.fang.gan@...el.com>
> Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>; Jose Abreu
> <joabreu@...opsys.com>; David S . Miller <davem@...emloft.net>; Eric
> Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; Paolo
> Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>; Maxime Coquelin
> <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-stm32@...md-
> mailman.stormreply.com; linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; Looi, Hong Aun <hong.aun.looi@...el.com>; Voon,
> Weifeng <weifeng.voon@...el.com>; Song, Yoong Siang
> <yoong.siang.song@...el.com>; Sit, Michael Wei Hong
> <michael.wei.hong.sit@...el.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] net: stmmac: check CBS input values
> before configuration
> 
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 02:19:20PM +0800, Gan Yi Fang wrote:
> > From: Michael Sit Wei Hong <michael.wei.hong.sit@...el.com>
> >
> > Add check for below conditions before proceeding to configuration.
> > A message will be prompted if the input value is invalid.
> >
> > Idleslope minus sendslope should equal speed_div.
> > Idleslope is always a positive value including zero.
> > Sendslope is always a negative value including zero.
> > Hicredit is always a positive value including zero.
> > Locredit is always a negative value including zero.
> 
> Which of these conditional are specific to stmmac, and which are generic to
> CBS? Anything which is generic to CBS i would expect to be checked at a higher
> level, rather than in every driver implementing CBS.
> 
> 	Andrew