From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch (vps0.lunn.ch [156.67.10.101]) (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 F31B77462; Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:12:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1742317951; cv=none; b=rmUGQxgfe4hnpWfLrKuuWZAvQHEq7u1rTPOPyI7EQolLjYdh73klJptxHkVr7Pi1EJJJZTKGVNz5oInR8agAVoOiSYJvnu0OtSfxduLtRFEL0hxB/rzKFIwkhG7F2AJxLdHXWjkVLC5NleB7XdPgunNvsynx81SXvjDAsc3CVoQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1742317951; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Ab/BBqdhakdl4MVtzDihJN6W3NdaerLsIvwDXM/d/7Y=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=kQ5orjbI8FTHmy7xcVOK1FW7GoQtdZjqBXS3nVgI9MunMt/7PZioKQeBv9llVb4Aq9MOCPixCMijG9tl8CBigfGxXQw2mAkwfQOPRKeXpr3hZeXdSXvjHUU1nPSE4r5HRAW5qYgUir2MAKpDizkKFuSItaKZFWCsVH0VNjtm/DU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b=037kR/7C; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b="037kR/7C" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Disposition:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:From:Sender:Reply-To:Subject: Date:Message-ID:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:References; bh=U2owTOXrGd8kZO6mxhZbVOSUDy+aaXVwSA0uKNAgyzo=; b=037kR/7CNAERhntSaerYTsSxXT iMEngiPACh4W5tnhPPWbOpZ9BAovd1hdkI37vFuHnF5LL5wweoTRnBMfC87tq1ihCQN+fqchLEJQH jguZsAr+gStBK31T4hXAmUBT9UExQhsF/tEfPt3eAt8BuXdJtKE/2blQc5Xauu7WnivY=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1tuaUH-006I2K-Dh; Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:12:21 +0100 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:12:21 +0100 From: Andrew Lunn To: Sudeep Holla Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , "David S. Miller" , netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] net: phy: fixed_phy: transition to the faux device interface Message-ID: <5ded6e25-111b-4771-9be2-46cfbee27932@lunn.ch> References: <20250318-plat2faux_dev-v2-0-e6cc73f78478@arm.com> <20250318-plat2faux_dev-v2-8-e6cc73f78478@arm.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: <20250318-plat2faux_dev-v2-8-e6cc73f78478@arm.com> On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 05:01:46PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote: > The net fixed phy driver does not require the creation of a platform > device. Originally, this approach was chosen for simplicity when the > driver was first implemented. > > With the introduction of the lightweight faux device interface, we now > have a more appropriate alternative. Migrate the device to utilize the > faux bus, given that the platform device it previously created was not > a real one anyway. This will get rid of the fake platform device. You were asked to split this up by subsystem. So why is this 8/8? There are not 7 other patches for netdev. Please also take a read of: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html Andrew --- pw-bot: cr