Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] net: mvpp2: add mvpp2_phylink_to_port() helper

Marcin Wojtas
2020-12-10T18:23:24Z

czw., 10 gru 2020 o 18:56 Russell King - ARM Linux admin
<linux@armlinux.org.uk> napisał(a):
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 06:43:50PM +0100, Marcin Wojtas wrote:
> > I must admit that due to other duties I did not follow the mainline
> > mvpp2 for a couple revisions (and I am not maintainer of it). However
> > recently I got reached-out directly by different developers - the
> > trigger was different distros upgrading the kernel above v5.4+ and for
> > some reasons the DT path is not chosen there (and the ACPI will be
> > chosen more and more in the SystemReady world).
>
> Please note that there is no active maintainer for mvpp2.
>

Right. I think I can volunteer to be one (my name is in the driver
code anyway :) ) and spend some time on reviewing/testing the patches,
unless there are no objections. In such case, are the drivers/net
Mainteners who decide/accept it?

> It will be good to get rid of the ACPI hack here, as that means we'll
> be using the same code paths for both ACPI and DT, meaning hopefully
> less bugs like this go unnoticed.
>

+1. As soon as the MDIO+ACPI lands, I plan to do the rework.

Best regards,
Marcin