Re: [PATCH RFC net-next v2 11/12] net: dsa: Separate C22 and C45 MDIO bus transaction methods

From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Mon Jan 16 2023 - 14:29:11 EST


On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 08:51:55AM +0100, Michael Walle wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 2023-01-03 16:56, schrieb Vladimir Oltean:
> > > So Luiz patches may allow a C45 bus, but are there any drivers today
> > > actually using it?
> >
> > I sent a private email to Luiz a few minutes ago asking him to confirm.
>
> Any news here? Do we need the c45 methods?

No news it seems. I am going to default to assuming that no, a ds->slave_mii_bus
created by dsa_switch_setup() does not need C45 accessors.

This patch should be modified to only touch the mt7530 driver, and
adjust the commit message accordingly. I see no connection to what the
DSA core does.