Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: Associate device node with fixed PHY

[Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@armlinux.org.uk>]

On Mon, Aug 03, 2020 at 05:00:51PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 03, 2020 at 02:33:56PM +0000, Madalin Bucur (OSS) wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
> > > Sent: 03 August 2020 15:58
> > > To: Madalin Bucur (OSS) <madalin.bucur@oss.nxp.com>
> > > Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@armlinux.org.uk>; Vikas Singh
> > > <vikas.singh@puresoftware.com>; f.fainelli@gmail.com; hkallweit1@gmail.com;
> > > netdev@vger.kernel.org; Calvin Johnson (OSS) <calvin.johnson@oss.nxp.com>;
> > > kuldip dwivedi <kuldip.dwivedi@puresoftware.com>; Vikas Singh
> > > <vikas.singh@nxp.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: Associate device node with fixed PHY
> > > 
> > > > I see you agree that there were and there will be many changes for a
> > > while,
> > > > It's not a complaint, I know hot it works, it's just a decision based on
> > > > required effort vs features offered vs user requirements. Lately it's
> > > been
> > > > time consuming to try to fix things in this area.
> > > 
> > > So the conclusion to all this that you are unwilling to use the
> > > correct API for this, which would be phylink, and the SFP code.  So:
> > > 
> > > NACK
> > > 
> > > 	Andrew
> > 
> > You've rejected a generic change - ACPI support for fixed link.
> > The discussion above is just an example of how it could have been (mis-)used.
> > Are you rejecting the general case or just the particular one?
> 
> So far, nobody has corrected me that the MAC is not connected to an
> SFP socket. So i see two sorts of abuse going on here:
> 
> 1) Using a fixed link with a hack to allow 10G. phylink allows 10G
>    fixed links without an hacks.
> 
> 2) Using a fixed link when not even appropriate since phylink should
>    be used to control the SFP.
> 
> Now, you can do whatever you want in your Vendor Crap tree. But there
> is no reason mainline should help you support your vendor crap tree.

+1 for everything above.

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