Hi all, This patch series untangles the ethtool netlink dependency with PHYLIB which exists because the cable test feature calls directly into PHY library functions. The approach taken here is to introduce ethtool_phy_ops function pointers which can be dynamically registered when PHYLIB loads.
Florian Fainelli (3): net: ethtool: Introduce ethtool_phy_ops net: phy: Register ethtool PHY operations net: ethtool: Remove PHYLIB direct dependency drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 7 +++++++ include/linux/ethtool.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ net/Kconfig | 1 - net/ethtool/cabletest.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- net/ethtool/common.c | 11 +++++++++++ net/ethtool/common.h | 2 ++ 6 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) -- 2.25.1
