netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/8] net: dsa: realtek: migrate user_mii

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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:31:39 +0200
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To: Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org, alsi@...g-olufsen.dk,
	andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	arinc.unal@...nc9.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/8] net: dsa: realtek: migrate user_mii_bus
 setup to realtek-dsa

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 09:46:34PM -0300, Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote:
> In the user MDIO driver, despite numerous references to SMI, including
> its compatible string, there's nothing inherently specific about the SMI
> interface in the user MDIO bus. Consequently, the code has been migrated
> to the common module. All references to SMI have been eliminated.
> 
> The realtek-mdio will now use this driver instead of the generic DSA
> driver ("dsa user smi"), which should not be used with OF[1].
> 
> The driver now looks for the MDIO node searchking for a child node named
> "mdio" instead of using the compatible string. This requirement is
> already present in binding docs for both interfaces.
> 
> The line assigning dev.of_node in mdio_bus has been removed since the
> subsequent of_mdiobus_register will always overwrite it.
> 
> ds->user_mii_bus is not assigned anymore[2]. It should work as before as
> long as the switch ports have a valid phy-handle property.
> 
> With a single ds_ops for both interfaces, the ds_ops in realtek_priv is
> no longer necessary. Now, the realtek_variant.ds_ops can be used
> directly.
> 
> The realtek_priv.setup_interface() has been removed as we can directly
> call the new common function.
> 
> The switch unregistration and the MDIO node decrement in refcount were
> moved into realtek_common_remove() as both interfaces now need to put
> the MDIO node.

Can you please make all these individual changes separate patches,
some before moving the code to realtek_common, and some after?
There's a lot of stuff happening at once here.