netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 6/7] net: dsa: mt7530: do not set priv->p5_interface on mt7530_setup

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Message-ID: <20240109115115.yuct3yw4oy6ipd3i@skbuf>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 13:51:15 +0200
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>
Cc: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>,
	Landen Chao <Landen.Chao@...iatek.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 6/7] net: dsa: mt7530: do not set
 priv->p5_interface on mt7530_setup_port5()

On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 02:42:45PM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> Running mt7530_setup_port5() from mt753x_phylink_mac_config() multiple
> times is being prevented which shouldn't be done. That's because of a
> different reason involving MT7531. I will deal with this with a later
> patch.
> 
> I intend to put this on the patch log.

Still not clear why it shouldn't be done. Ideally you could come up with
a plausible hypothesis as to why it's there in the first place, and why
it's not needed.