From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net: mvpp2: optional PHYs and GoP link irq Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 10:09:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20170901.100906.960417981534309612.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20170901090455.32316-1-antoine.tenart@free-electrons.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: andrew@lunn.ch, gregory.clement@free-electrons.com, thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com, nadavh@marvell.com, linux@armlinux.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mw@semihalf.com, stefanc@marvell.com, miquel.raynal@free-electrons.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: antoine.tenart@free-electrons.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170901090455.32316-1-antoine.tenart@free-electrons.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Antoine Tenart Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 11:04:51 +0200 > This series aims at making the driver work when no PHY is connected > between a port and the physical layer and not described as a fixed-phy. > This is useful for some usecases such as when a switch is connected > directly to the serdes lanes. It can also be used for SFP ports on the > 7k-db and 8k-db while waiting for the phylink support to land in (which > should be part of another series). > > This series makes the phy optional in the PPv2 driver, and then adds > the support for the GoP port link interrupt to handle link status > changes on such ports. > > This was tested using the SFP ports on the 7k-db and 8k-db boards. Series applied.