netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mt7530: disable LEDs before reset

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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:38:08 +0300
From: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>
To: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org,
 Justin Swartz <justin.swartz@...ingedge.co.za>
Cc: daniel@...rotopia.org, dqfext@...il.com, sean.wang@...iatek.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mt7530: disable LEDs before reset

On 12.03.2024 00:10, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
> by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:
> 
> On Tue,  5 Mar 2024 06:39:51 +0200 you wrote:
>> Disable LEDs just before resetting the MT7530 to avoid
>> situations where the ESW_P4_LED_0 and ESW_P3_LED_0 pin
>> states may cause an unintended external crystal frequency
>> to be selected.
>>
>> The HT_XTAL_FSEL (External Crystal Frequency Selection)
>> field of HWTRAP (the Hardware Trap register) stores a
>> 2-bit value that represents the state of the ESW_P4_LED_0
>> and ESW_P4_LED_0 pins (seemingly) sampled just after the
>> MT7530 has been reset, as:
>>
>> [...]
> 
> Here is the summary with links:
>    - net: dsa: mt7530: disable LEDs before reset
>      https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/2920dd92b980
> 
> You are awesome, thank you!

I am once again calling for this patch to be reverted on the net-next tree
on the basis of:

- This patch did not go through a proper reviewing process. There are
   proposed changes on the code it changes regarding the scope and the
   method of the patch, and improvements to be made on the patch log.

- This patch should be backported to stable releases, therefore it
   shouldn't be on the net-next tree and should be submitted to the net tree
   instead.

Arınç