From: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
To: Steen Hegelund <steen.hegelund@microchip.com>
Cc: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Microchip UNG Driver List <UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 0/4] Adding the Sparx5 Serdes driver
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:23:20 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YFA5wJSVolB8ZFHC@vkoul-mobl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f856d877048319cd532602bc430c237f3576f516.camel@microchip.com>
Hello Steen,
On 15-03-21, 16:04, Steen Hegelund wrote:
> Hi Kishon, Vinod, Andrew, Jacub, and David,
>
> I just wanted to know if you think that the Generic PHY subsystem might
> not be the right place for this Ethernet SerDes PHY driver after all.
>
> Originally I chose this subsystem for historic reasons: The
> Microchip/Microsemi Ocelot SerDes driver was added here when it was
> upstreamed.
> On the other hand the Ocelot Serdes can do both PCIe and Ethernet, so
> it might fit the signature of a generic PHY better.
>
> At the moment the acceptance of the Sparx5 Serdes driver is blocking us
> from adding the Sparx5 SwitchDev driver (to net), so it is really
> important for us to resolve which subsystem the Serdes driver belongs
> to.
>
> I am very much looking forward to your response.
Generic PHY IMO is the right place for this series, I shall review it
shortly and do the needful. I have asked Kishon to check the new phy API
and ack it...
Thanks
--
~Vinod
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-16 4:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-18 16:14 [PATCH v15 0/4] Adding the Sparx5 Serdes driver Steen Hegelund
2021-02-18 16:14 ` [PATCH v15 1/4] dt-bindings: phy: Add sparx5-serdes bindings Steen Hegelund
2021-02-18 16:14 ` [PATCH v15 2/4] phy: Add media type and speed serdes configuration interfaces Steen Hegelund
2021-02-21 5:59 ` Leon Romanovsky
2021-02-22 8:00 ` Steen Hegelund
2021-02-23 12:22 ` Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2021-02-23 13:53 ` Leon Romanovsky
2021-03-16 13:14 ` Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2021-02-18 16:14 ` [PATCH v15 3/4] phy: Add Sparx5 ethernet serdes PHY driver Steen Hegelund
2021-02-18 16:14 ` [PATCH v15 4/4] arm64: dts: sparx5: Add Sparx5 serdes driver node Steen Hegelund
2021-02-18 21:23 ` [PATCH v15 0/4] Adding the Sparx5 Serdes driver David Miller
2021-03-15 15:04 ` Steen Hegelund
2021-03-15 17:26 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-03-16 8:04 ` Steen Hegelund
2021-03-16 4:53 ` Vinod Koul [this message]
2021-03-16 8:05 ` Steen Hegelund
2021-03-17 6:43 ` Vinod Koul
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