From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77520C43602 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:28:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:In-Reply-To:From:References:Cc:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date: Message-ID:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=rZvz0aou+WZ6xfcW7DezVt52N1axyhsLIrxTaxT5eWc=; b=obaol8gxvyGp4LYHABGWiWtpkh 06qLjevAB6texGk6u0RAjh+bg7JEFWfRfSrNP3ktZqUUiHcm7CCHDCT1sd/bk3erqWs7v+XvwMwKR MTyhxP6TUK4uPn2MFZaZahIO/g2CC8tP61kpXOWY0lt9R7RjdYTZpPuAzHmka4liX5/2ng5kMrhY1 MAAP3zF6SRMEzkJOl5SQ8C+1wgiGJUNafT54b4cOBAT/HrfrsnM83vWqDjzBa+XEs3WCv8ospFwbw A8jZe4KI+G1YYCmkOtRmf2F54PPKXoM8iw77xu9aI6XUojx1AzgcrgwCudaSdv5LxIVuJDMy6QtwX CNP3Fcyw==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1we6Q6-0000000DtPh-0stj; Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:28:42 +0000 Received: from smtpout-02.galae.net ([185.246.84.56]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1we6Q2-0000000DtJx-29ok for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:28:40 +0000 Received: from smtpout-01.galae.net (smtpout-01.galae.net [212.83.139.233]) by smtpout-02.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0E1F1A0C9B; Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:28:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.galae.net (mail.galae.net [212.83.136.155]) by smtpout-01.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 684445FF96; Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:28:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 60445106F1504; Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:28:24 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=dkim; t=1782718113; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:cc:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-language:in-reply-to:references; bh=rZvz0aou+WZ6xfcW7DezVt52N1axyhsLIrxTaxT5eWc=; b=uJzRZS/e5R+g0fsbl5WTvQKTKVP43DQ+Fv4j4TKDsgOU03SLdpkMV/v/dIA5Ic3OLuSXl4 jStlfqA4nT5HzgjPB5OzmeZ8UOlDgwJr2ZW1jfw9G2xQjPjZSd6mFulSBLZq8aU8LG+Y58 jvMQi1v7a26BOOnPUZHJvRVr6+7Mq56EPv//Z1knFTFGzxgb6XV7w0Y43h94fndPuac8cj n71jYXg7dbiuVaavrBCRORkBtZrSZW0aUp/s0ZRcbALbE5Zs721ShQIHjGC9SusDZsHrRR Xs9sWzc5aOHJ02GwWiC5LkR19929fMNP1ZJdo4SgYzXHPDg46qqsXYoRWbrgpA== Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:28:23 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v8 03/12] net: phylink: add phylink_release_pcs() to externally release a PCS To: Christian Marangi Cc: Andrew Lunn , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Simon Horman , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Lorenzo Bianconi , Heiner Kallweit , Russell King , Saravana Kannan , Philipp Zabel , Nathan Chancellor , Nick Desaulniers , Bill Wendling , Justin Stitt , netdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev References: <20260618125752.1223-1-ansuelsmth@gmail.com> <20260618125752.1223-4-ansuelsmth@gmail.com> <6a3fc312.6161eb1e.3441bb.c0de@mx.google.com> <178defc6-8e60-4b0b-b3b0-f0f2a4003b68@bootlin.com> <6a421c2d.1e0bfc4f.b2eb6.06fb@mx.google.com> From: Maxime Chevallier Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <6a421c2d.1e0bfc4f.b2eb6.06fb@mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.9.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260629_002838_706874_864F5358 X-CRM114-Status: UNSURE ( 5.94 ) X-CRM114-Notice: Please train this message. X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On 6/29/26 09:18, Christian Marangi wrote: > Nobody stops from implementing custom parser in fill_available_pcs and > return a PCS pointer created directly by the MAC. (In such case late and > release won't be needed as everything is present when phylink_create is > called) Ah alright :) So my only request then would be to update the phylink porting guide to at least point to the PCS documentation you're adding to say that the select_pcs() op is deprecated : https://docs.kernel.org/networking/sfp-phylink.html#rough-guide-to-converting-a-network-driver-to-sfp-phylink Thanks, Maxime >