netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 08/12] net: txgbevf: add phylink check flow

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Message-ID: <71d0b663-c717-45a5-ae23-f5b91d199eac@lunn.ch>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:08:16 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Mengyuan Lou <mengyuanlou@...-swift.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch, duanqiangwen@...-swift.com,
	linglingzhang@...stnetic.com, jiawenwu@...-swift.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 08/12] net: txgbevf: add phylink check flow

On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 06:20:54PM +0800, Mengyuan Lou wrote:
> Add phylink support to wangxun 10/25/40G virtual functions.

What do you gain by having a phylink instance for a VF?

All the ops you define are basically NOPs. What is phylink actually
doing?

	Andrew