Re: [PATCH net-next 05/15] net: dsa: mt7530: improve code path for setting up port 5

Arınç ÜNAL
2023-12-17T12:01:45Z

On 7.12.2023 21:03, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 02, 2023 at 11:36:03AM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
>> On 18.11.2023 17:41, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
>>>> For the cases of PHY muxing or the port being disabled, call
>>>> mt7530_setup_port5() from mt7530_setup(). mt7530_setup_port5() from
>>>> mt753x_phylink_mac_config() won't run when port 5 is disabled or used for
>>>> PHY muxing as port 5 won't be defined on the devicetree.
>>>
>>> ... and this should state why this needs to happen - in other words,
>>> the commit message should state why is it critical that port 5 is
>>> always setup.
>>
>> Actually, port 5 must not always be setup. With patch 7, I explain this
>> while preventing mt7530_setup_port5() from running if port 5 is disabled.
>>
>> Arınç
>
> Then change that last paragraph. You could say something like this:
>
> To keep the cases where port 5 isn't controlled by phylink working as
> before, we need to preserve the mt7530_setup_port5() call from mt7530_setup().
>
> I think it's a case of saying too much, which sparks too many unresolved
> questions in the reader's mind, which are irrelevant for the purpose of
> this specific change: eliminating the overlap between DSA's setup() time
> and phylink.

Will do, thanks.