netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/3] net: phy: add a new phy

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Message-ID: <86b8feca-8e82-465e-a17a-b751758306ce@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:37:17 +0100
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Stefan Eichenberger <eichest@...il.com>, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com, alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com,
 shawnguo@...nel.org, s.hauer@...gutronix.de, kernel@...gutronix.de,
 festevam@...il.com, hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
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 francesco.dolcini@...adex.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 imx@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Stefan Eichenberger <stefan.eichenberger@...adex.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/3] net: phy: add a new phy_device flag to
 keep preamble before sfd

On 1/20/26 9:30 PM, Stefan Eichenberger wrote:
> From: Stefan Eichenberger <stefan.eichenberger@...adex.com>
> 
> Add a new flag, PHY_F_KEEP_PREAMBLE_BEFORE_SFD, to indicate that the PHY
> shall not remove the preamble before the SFD if it supports it. MACs
> that do not support receiving frames without a preamble can set this
> flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Eichenberger <stefan.eichenberger@...adex.com>

I understand this has been suggested by Russell, and LGTM, but still it
would be nice explicit ack from the phy lib crew to ensure it matches
expectations.

Thanks,

Paolo