Hi Jacub, On Mon, 2021-03-15 at 10:26 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the > content is safe > > On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:04:24 +0100 Steen Hegelund wrote: > > Hi Kishon, Vinod, Andrew, Jacub, and David, > > > > I just wanted to know if you think that the Generic PHY subsystem might > > not be the right place for this Ethernet SerDes PHY driver after all. > > > > Originally I chose this subsystem for historic reasons: The > > Microchip/Microsemi Ocelot SerDes driver was added here when it was > > upstreamed. > > On the other hand the Ocelot Serdes can do both PCIe and Ethernet, so > > it might fit the signature of a generic PHY better. > > Are you saying this PHY is Ethernet only?
Yes this particular PHY is Ethernet only (but the Sparx5 also has a separate PCI PHY). > > > At the moment the acceptance of the Sparx5 Serdes driver is blocking us > > from adding the Sparx5 SwitchDev driver (to net), so it is really > > important for us to resolve which subsystem the Serdes driver belongs > > to. > > > > I am very much looking forward to your response. > > FWIW even if this is merged via gen phy subsystem we can pull it into > net-next as well to unblock your other work in this dev cycle. You just > need to send the patches as a pull request, based on merge-base between > the gen phy tree and net-next. -- BR Steen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= steen.hegel...@microchip.com
