From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] net: phy: fixed_phy: transition to the faux device interface
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:05:27 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z9qk9xOuNFawFhCq@bogus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5ded6e25-111b-4771-9be2-46cfbee27932@lunn.ch>
On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 06:12:21PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 05:01:46PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > The net fixed phy driver does not require the creation of a platform
> > device. Originally, this approach was chosen for simplicity when the
> > driver was first implemented.
> >
> > With the introduction of the lightweight faux device interface, we now
> > have a more appropriate alternative. Migrate the device to utilize the
> > faux bus, given that the platform device it previously created was not
> > a real one anyway. This will get rid of the fake platform device.
>
> You were asked to split this up by subsystem. So why is this 8/8?
> There are not 7 other patches for netdev.
>
Sorry for that. I admit this patch unlike other patches in the series is
not dependent on the macro introduced in 1/8. I should have posted this
independent of the series, my bad. I will do that. Thanks!
--
Regards,
Sudeep
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-19 11:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-18 17:01 [PATCH v2 0/8] drivers: Transition to the faux device interface Sudeep Holla
2025-03-18 17:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] driver core: add helper macro for module_faux_driver() boilerplate Sudeep Holla
2025-04-15 12:21 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2025-04-15 12:25 ` Sudeep Holla
2025-03-18 17:01 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] cpuidle: psci: Transition to the faux device interface Sudeep Holla
2025-04-15 12:21 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2025-04-15 12:35 ` Sudeep Holla
2025-05-01 13:01 ` Jon Hunter
2025-05-01 16:07 ` Sudeep Holla
2025-05-02 10:20 ` Jon Hunter
2025-03-18 17:01 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] hwrng: arm-smccc-trng - transition " Sudeep Holla
2025-03-18 17:01 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] rtc: efi: Transition " Sudeep Holla
2025-04-08 14:45 ` (subset) " Alexandre Belloni
2025-04-08 15:01 ` Sudeep Holla
2025-03-18 17:01 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] virt: efi_secret: " Sudeep Holla
2025-03-18 17:10 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-03-19 13:15 ` Sudeep Holla
2025-03-19 14:24 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2025-03-19 14:30 ` Sudeep Holla
2025-03-18 17:01 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] efi: efivars: " Sudeep Holla
2025-03-18 17:01 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] ACPI: APEI: EINJ: " Sudeep Holla
2025-04-09 18:18 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2025-03-18 17:01 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] net: phy: fixed_phy: transition " Sudeep Holla
2025-03-18 17:12 ` Andrew Lunn
2025-03-19 11:05 ` Sudeep Holla [this message]
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