Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: stmmac: Move MAC caps init to phylink MAC caps getter

["Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 09:56:32AM +0200, Romain Gantois wrote:
> Hi Serge,
> 
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024, Serge Semin wrote:
> 
> > +static unsigned long stmmac_mac_get_caps(struct phylink_config *config,
> > +					 phy_interface_t interface)
> > +{
> > +	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(to_net_dev(config->dev));
> > +
> > +	/* Get the MAC-specific capabilities */
> > +	stmmac_mac_phylink_get_caps(priv);
> 
> This is a bit of a nitpick, but the terminology is quite confusing between 
> stmmac_mac_phylink_get_caps() and stmmac_mac_get_caps(). Ideally, we could just 
> get rid of the whole stmmac_do_void_callback() complexity and just call 
> phylink_get_caps() directly. In the meantime, maybe renaming this to 
> stmmac_mac_core_get_caps() would be acceptable?

I'd prefer not to do that. If the method is called mac_get_caps() then
I'd much rather have method implementations called foo_mac_get_caps()
which makes grep easier.

So... stmmac_core_mac_get_caps() would be acceptable to me.

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