From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pidgin.makrotopia.org (pidgin.makrotopia.org [185.142.180.65]) (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 6403E26F47D; Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:02:03 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.142.180.65 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770804124; cv=none; b=Ddqa3eJkE97/5VvZx9IxhM647OoscPEIi7D74gHuPUq+hRS/2/VDILrV1vQaIqzWFAz8c+5H1s4f/k0n4yGKBq0UK1y+R0+fcgsU5JDgPvpJYHGBaHvpMLGqEuCs9VUgViP3XGnYbFf3rFjULSF3eO7PyYC4CxQAMZYTd5Z+/zA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770804124; c=relaxed/simple; bh=n6ZWJki2G8x8zxyk31c4BgGZuaPyu2KLP2w1uhw2X+0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=UG4et1+ZeLOXAN7WQF/f8MJG8uRFz51JBzjL93m9N7v1jfNRsQMhBHufwPpDUr0foipPIP0E5/fo5iqD96DkQWk0WbkK+BNRB/zC5Q9+svcH64+fV6sHPA3114aoEMRMTOElTOp1H2jsEaYoxjl1jMIszjT/k8qXtiEbcFrc6Ys= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=makrotopia.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=makrotopia.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.142.180.65 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=makrotopia.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=makrotopia.org Received: from local by pidgin.makrotopia.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.99) (envelope-from ) id 1vq72Z-000000001Cx-3IgB; Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:01:47 +0000 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:01:44 +0000 From: Daniel Golle To: Paolo Abeni Cc: Vladimir Oltean , Andrew Lunn , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Heiner Kallweit , Russell King , Simon Horman , netdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Frank Wunderlich , Chad Monroe , Cezary Wilmanski , Liang Xu , John Crispin Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v14 0/4] net: dsa: initial support for MaxLinear MxL862xx switches Message-ID: References: <20260207214733.m2zvh6ozo7vsc5hj@skbuf> 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: On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 10:49:56AM +0100, Paolo Abeni wrote: > On 2/7/26 10:47 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 07, 2026 at 03:06:48AM +0000, Daniel Golle wrote: > >> This series adds very basic DSA support for the MaxLinear MxL86252 > >> (5x 2500Base-T PHYs) and MxL86282 (8x 2500Base-T PHYs) switches. > >> In addition to the 2.5G TP ports both switches also come with two > >> SerDes interfaces which can be used either to connect external PHYs > >> or SFP cages, or as CPU port when using the switch with this DSA driver. > > > > For the entire set: > > > > Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean > > > > with some minor comments I'll leave in individual patches, which I'd > > like you to address. > > > > I don't want to put anybody in a bad spot, but given what time it is, > > this set should get at least _some_ time in net-next before the upcoming > > net-next PR, to allow for some reaction time in case of some unexpected > > reports like from static analysis or similar. > > As I'm wrapping-up the PR right now, and the series is not applied yet, > I fear the above is not going to happen. > > Since a driver is involved (as opposed to the core stack) and there will > be the usual release cycle to address issues before the code lands in an > official release, I tend to think this series should still be merged - > unless someone voices strong and valid concerns _very soon_. > > Thanks, > > Paolo > > So it would be good, > > because of that, for the fixups as a result of my comments to be > > separate patches rather than a new version. Meaning I should send them *now*, despite net-next being closed already?