netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: phylink: simplify SFP PHY attachment

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Message-ID: <20241022135447.391b6f59@device-21.home>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:54:47 +0200
From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: phylink: simplify SFP PHY attachment

Hello Russell,

On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:39:06 +0100
"Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> These two patches simplify how we attach SFP PHYs.
> 
> The first patch notices that at the two sites where we call
> sfp_select_interface(), if that fails, we always print the same error.
> Move this into its own function.
> 
> The second patch adds an additional level of validation, checking that
> the returned interface is one that is supported by the MAC/PCS.
> 
> The last patch simplifies how SFP PHYs are attached, reducing the
> number of times that we do validation in this path.
> 
>  drivers/net/phy/phylink.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

It looks like the patches didn't make it through, there're also not on
lore nor patchwork :(

Maxime