From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC28125486C; Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:05:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1742382334; cv=none; b=YxPYJ170enrKQ/qrxoNcUxl7yp8XQQTE1kYRoKUVxYRO9m7FVUzjaI2Wjn/v2t84R0mycz8tcLvfJzMTjtCWD8jkXLi6dzHF4D8NwMe5yqJ5QVB1APo+ufwQrcKGbsv0u/xuFQ4Er/dk7ij9MhvFOA2DD3PD7dbwjJaSn5UVVBs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1742382334; c=relaxed/simple; bh=6kdJ1bThmZDKcaY7qtSnF8fnT00j7X3FdOLmez9f1Qc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=lFMsgxKxz1G65w0dwnR4bMlnbZH7mPzREU9FOnWBLaUPARfdlvQBL2Kd4TaqCGhshXOKBIi3eEqsMNRkTJXEQYfuF8vVLqSc8YUHrNaZOAdkXkhimyriGorMDIJWtDLKz47jEftoAjHCTj4kSaEz+Zsn24wcZjxSEvth9Dk0Rxw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=foss.arm.com; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=foss.arm.com Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47604106F; Wed, 19 Mar 2025 04:05:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bogus (e133711.arm.com [10.1.196.55]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E7F2A3F63F; Wed, 19 Mar 2025 04:05:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:05:27 +0000 From: Sudeep Holla To: Andrew Lunn Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sudeep Holla , 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: References: <20250318-plat2faux_dev-v2-0-e6cc73f78478@arm.com> <20250318-plat2faux_dev-v2-8-e6cc73f78478@arm.com> <5ded6e25-111b-4771-9be2-46cfbee27932@lunn.ch> 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: <5ded6e25-111b-4771-9be2-46cfbee27932@lunn.ch> On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 06:12:21PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: > 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. > Sorry for that. I admit this patch unlike other patches in the series is not dependent on the macro introduced in 1/8. I should have posted this independent of the series, my bad. I will do that. Thanks! -- Regards, Sudeep