netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: phy: realtek: add PHY driver for RTL8127ATF

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Message-ID: <6b1377b6-9664-4ba7-8297-6c0d4ce3d521@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:23:06 +0100
From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
 Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Vladimir Oltean
 <vladimir.oltean@....com>, Michael Klein <michael@...sekall.de>,
 Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>,
 Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
 Aleksander Jan Bajkowski <olek2@...pl>,
 Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@...il.com>,
 "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: phy: realtek: add PHY driver for
 RTL8127ATF

On 1/9/2026 2:28 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 21:27:06 +0100 Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/include/linux/realtek_phy.h
> 
> How would you feel about putting this in include/net ?
> Easy to miss things in linux/, harder to grep, not to
> mention that some of our automation (patchwork etc) has
> its own delegation rules, not using MAINTAINERS.

Just sent a v2 with the new header moved to new include/net/phy/.
patchwork is showing a warning rgd a missing new MAINTAINERS entry.
However this new entry is added with the patch:

--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9416,6 +9416,7 @@ F:	include/linux/phy_link_topology.h
 F:	include/linux/phylib_stubs.h
 F:	include/linux/platform_data/mdio-bcm-unimac.h
 F:	include/linux/platform_data/mdio-gpio.h
+F:	include/net/phy/
 F:	include/trace/events/mdio.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/mdio.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/mii.h

Bug in the check?


stdout from the check:

New files:
include/net/phy/realtek_phy.h

Modified files:
drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c
MAINTAINERS
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c

Checking coverage for a new file: include/net/phy/realtek_phy.h
  Section ETHERNET PHY LIBRARY covers ~225 files
  Section NETWORKING [GENERAL] covers ~3556 files
  Section THE REST covers ~590073 files
 MIN 225