From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A711F13BAD5; Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:23:58 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1724084638; cv=none; b=lqQ24bYMpeWKR3P7lkDYID1V8eYmX6Y4aeetOLSbHEqlozV8EbWJXaYZDrZn4rZWlwWDxnwgP7exdy06HXyuC/H9EDZ4OpWI/NmTpYF3+ORm0hXfixvPiA7vyy0cakFagxl3czBqOhwQZU8Mn8dp3TcDSDbxgt1ANodR4ozwtJo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1724084638; c=relaxed/simple; bh=5mV+Zhd6KNlntw7MW/3UDT6FPgANySoyiqqOSRowSBY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=BN4G+d3yj1AV1h1gt9Xjiso7b3sd1llSb44unczbuuhO8hXOI6b0PC5zt9Mt9djqBE6i17gH164M1hLdyAnM9y6MQbj4+aG6rewgM1TIXtQwGd6kep7j42dyZuOeFINBJG6xHUXdh6IVbG/rUDj6WX4hgQVu55lvxVRR0A3paVQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=YCB+hFDj; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="YCB+hFDj" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 80543C32782; Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:23:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1724084638; bh=5mV+Zhd6KNlntw7MW/3UDT6FPgANySoyiqqOSRowSBY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=YCB+hFDjE03yW30Rk/eocUOyqaCUqggMXScVmk/OoTFOKeezkDaz4kOsoVTabHzPU SC6zxsaZJxKyRxOZ/0rNZcm1BYB5IpOflSEUVAhA7xthSQ1bu1iJctAzzoK7EDXife w1f5fyFmNa9folOGjRhB3khWS+6r4zVq2tUhPyJM51+n62BEGKqfg6HVKSX6DVqoJ+ xp1f8+RVAZTjeNT/uHRDFj7xy+udPATk9OUPqDntrgXK1hNm4bNvZOnXyNPpkhkxCh Ruzf/tMAaSLwcBjIQyWH0VP/23MQaFkViNUxdQ3TfrB3OAqHGL33RB8QJ+09+GSLiI Skbzlwrqev0Qg== Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:23:53 +0100 From: Simon Horman To: Raju Lakkaraju Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, linux@armlinux.org.uk, kuba@kernel.org, andrew@lunn.ch, hkallweit1@gmail.com, richardcochran@gmail.com, rdunlap@infradead.org, Bryan.Whitehead@microchip.com, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phylink: Add phylinksetfixed_link() to configure fixed link state in phylink Message-ID: <20240819162353.GJ11472@kernel.org> References: <20240819052335.346184-1-Raju.Lakkaraju@microchip.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240819052335.346184-1-Raju.Lakkaraju@microchip.com> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 10:53:35AM +0530, Raju Lakkaraju wrote: > From: Russell King > > The function allows for the configuration of a fixed link state for a given > phylink instance. This addition is particularly useful for network devices that > operate with a fixed link configuration, where the link parameters do not change > dynamically. By using `phylink_set_fixed_link()`, drivers can easily set up > the fixed link state during initialization or configuration changes. > > Signed-off-by: Russell King > Signed-off-by: Raju Lakkaraju > --- > Note: This code was developed by Mr.Russell King. Hi, I am wondering if we need a user of this function in order for this patch to be accepted, as is often the practice for new features.