Re: [RFC PATCH v4 net-next 00/23] add support for VSC75XX control over SPI

Vladimir Oltean
2021-11-16T23:47:55Z

On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 03:44:13PM -0800, Colin Foster wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 10:56:54PM +0000, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 10:23:05PM -0800, Colin Foster wrote:
> > > My apologies for this next RFC taking so long. Life got in the way.
> > >
> > > The patch set in general is to add support for the VSC7511, VSC7512,
> > > VSC7513 and VSC7514 devices controlled over SPI. The driver is
> > > relatively functional for the internal phy ports (0-3) on the VSC7512.
> > > As I'll discuss, it is not yet functional for other ports yet.
> > >
> > >
> > > I still think there are enough updates to bounce by the community
> > > in case I'm terribly off base or doomed to chase my tail.
> >
> > I wanted to do some regression-testing with this patch set on the
> > Seville switch, but up until now I've been trying to actually make it
> > compile. See the changes required for that. Note that "can compile"
> > doesn't mean "can compile without warnings". Please check the build
> > reports on each individual patch on Patchwork and make sure the next
> > submission is warning-free. Note that there's a considerable amount of
> > drivers to build-test in both on and off configurations.
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20211116062328.1949151-21-colin.foster@in-advantage.com/
>
> I'm very embarrassed. I scrambled at the end to try to clean things up
> and didn't run enough tests. Sorry about that!

Don't worry, just make a note of one more thing to check next time.
My T1040RDB doesn't seem to want to boot right now, I don't know what's
up with it. My regression testing might be delayed for a little bit,
sorry for that.