Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v3 net 1/2] net: stmmac: add new mode parameter for fix_mac_speed

[Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 18:43:52 +0000 Shenwei Wang wrote:
> Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v3 net 1/2] net: stmmac: add new mode parameter  for fix_mac_speed

Looks like new platform enablement, the correct tree to target this 
at is net-next (i.e. [PATCH net-next]).

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 1:37 AM
> > To: Shenwei Wang <shenwei.wang@nxp.com>
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> > Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v3 net 1/2] net: stmmac: add new mode parameter
> > for fix_mac_speed

Why is this quote included? Please get a sane email client.

> > On 31.07.2023 11:19:28, Shenwei Wang wrote:  
> > > A mode parameter has been added to the callback function of
> > > fix_mac_speed to indicate the physical layer type.
> > >
> > > The mode can be one the following:
> > > 	MLO_AN_PHY	- Conventional PHY
> > > 	MLO_AN_FIXED	- Fixed-link mode
> > > 	MLO_AN_INBAND	- In-band protocol
> > >
> > > Also use short version of 'uint' to replace the 'unsigned int' in the
> > > function definitions.  
> > 
> > There are not many users of 'uint' in the kernel and it's not used in the stmmac
> > driver so far. From my point of view I would not introduce it and stick to the
> > standard 'unsigned int'.
> 
> Using 'uint' makes the code look cleaner because adding one extra
> parameter may cause some function declarations to span multiple
> lines.  This change keeps function declarations compact on a single
> line.

Marc is right. Just do it.