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Message-ID: <CAJq09z61TV9skiEEMuLUSZhYs+OPZnBVZZ68zxSZ9VavuRmMTg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 02:29:53 -0300
From: Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>
To: Alvin Šipraga <ALSI@...g-olufsen.dk>
Cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"linus.walleij@...aro.org" <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>, 
	"f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>, "olteanv@...il.com" <olteanv@...il.com>, 
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>, "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	"kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>, "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	"arinc.unal@...nc9.com" <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] net: dsa: realtek: always use the realtek
 user mdio driver

> On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 01:41:43AM -0300, Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote:
> > Although the DSA switch will register a generic mdio driver when
> > ds_ops.phy_{read,write} exists ("dsa user smi"), it was pointed out that
> > it was not a core feature to depend on [1]. That way, the realtek user
> > mdio driver will be used by both interfaces.
> >
> > [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/netdev/20220630200423.tieprdu5fpabflj7@bang-olufsen.dk/T/
> >
> > The ds_ops field in realtek_priv was also dropped as now we can directly
> > reference the variant->ds_ops.
>
> Ah OK, this makes more sense. Can you fold this into the previous patch?
> Then it might look more reasonable.

Yes, that makes sense. I almost did that before submitting but I
thought splitting it into two parts might make the review easier. I
guess I was wrong.

Regards,

Luiz

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