On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 01:45:49PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.dide...@savoirfairelinux.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:32:52 -0400
>
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch> writes:
> >
> >> I never liked this. I think it is architecturally wrong for the switch
> >> to be poking around in the PHY. It should ask the PHY driver. This is
> >> especially true for external PHYs which might not be a Marvell PHY.
> >
> > I share the same concern. However this patch is just isolating the
> > existing code so that we get rid of the last caps and flags and stop
> > writing (without reading them first) arbitrary registers.
> >
> > Once this portion is moved to the PHY driver, one can remove it from
> > mv88e6xxx.
>
> Seems a reasonable plan of action.
>
> Andrew, do you agree?
Hi David
I just fear it will not get fixed, just put into a corner to
fester. Having to fix it properly before these patches are merged
provides some incentive.
Andrew
