netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: phy: fixed_phy: replace list of fixed PHYs with static array

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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:00:45 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: andrew@...n.ch, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, linux@...linux.org.uk,
 pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: phy: fixed_phy: replace list of
 fixed
 PHYs with static array

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:40:30 +0100 you 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.
> In addition replace heavy-weight IDA with a simple bitmap.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v2,1/2] net: phy: fixed_phy: replace list of fixed PHYs with static array
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/511cb4526022
  - [net-next,v2,2/2] net: phy: fixed_phy: replace IDA with a bitmap
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ca8934f80c4f

You are awesome, thank you!
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