netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: fixed_phy: replace list of fixed PHYs with static array

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Message-ID: <aV1LiYIK9WxBN5qo@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 17:51:05 +0000
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: fixed_phy: replace list of fixed PHYs
 with static array

On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 05:56:26PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Due to max 32 PHY addresses being available per mii bus, using a list
> can't support more fixed PHY's. And there's no known use case for as
> much as 32 fixed PHY's on a system. 8 should be plenty of fixed PHY's,
> so use an array of that size instead of a list. This allows to
> significantly reduce the code size and complexity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Thanks!

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