Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Add support for asking the PHY its abilities

2019-02-09 Thread Heiner Kallweit
On 09.02.2019 20:50, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > On 09.02.2019 20:42, Andrew Lunn wrote: >>> I know, it's patch 15 in your series ;) And I'm aware that usually new >>> core functionality is acceptable only if it comes together with a user, >>> to avoid having billions of orphaned good ideas in the cod

Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Add support for asking the PHY its abilities

2019-02-09 Thread Heiner Kallweit
On 09.02.2019 20:42, Andrew Lunn wrote: >> I know, it's patch 15 in your series ;) And I'm aware that usually new >> core functionality is acceptable only if it comes together with a user, >> to avoid having billions of orphaned good ideas in the code. >> I focused on the core here to not get lost

Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Add support for asking the PHY its abilities

2019-02-09 Thread Andrew Lunn
> I know, it's patch 15 in your series ;) And I'm aware that usually new > core functionality is acceptable only if it comes together with a user, > to avoid having billions of orphaned good ideas in the code. > I focused on the core here to not get lost in all the new stuff, and to > provide Maxim

Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Add support for asking the PHY its abilities

2019-02-09 Thread Heiner Kallweit
On 09.02.2019 17:35, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Sat, Feb 09, 2019 at 03:24:47PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote: >> From: Andrew Lunn >> Add support for runtime determination of what the PHY supports, by >> adding a new function to the phy driver. The get_features call should >> set the phydev->supporte

Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Add support for asking the PHY its abilities

2019-02-09 Thread David Miller
From: Heiner Kallweit Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2019 15:24:47 +0100 > From: Andrew Lunn > Add support for runtime determination of what the PHY supports, by > adding a new function to the phy driver. The get_features call should > set the phydev->supported member with the features the PHY supports. > It

Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Add support for asking the PHY its abilities

2019-02-09 Thread Andrew Lunn
On Sat, Feb 09, 2019 at 03:24:47PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > From: Andrew Lunn > Add support for runtime determination of what the PHY supports, by > adding a new function to the phy driver. The get_features call should > set the phydev->supported member with the features the PHY supports. >