Re: [net-next PATCH v4 06/11] net: phy: Export some functions

[Sean Anderson]

On 5/15/25 01:38, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> On 15.05.2025 04:57, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 May 2025 12:10:08 -0400 Sean Anderson wrote:
>>> Export a few functions so they can be used outside the phy subsystem:
>>>
>>> get_phy_c22_id is useful when probing MDIO devices which present a
>>> phy-like interface despite not using the Linux ethernet phy subsystem.
>>>
>>> mdio_device_bus_match is useful when creating MDIO devices manually
>>> (e.g. on non-devicetree platforms).
>>>
>>> At the moment the only (future) user of these functions selects PHYLIB,
>>> so we do not need fallbacks for when CONFIG_PHYLIB=n.
>> 
> The functions should only be exported once there is a user.
> Therefore I'd suggest to remove this patch from the series.

These functions are used in patches 5 (oops) and 7. I will split it up
and add it to those patches.

--Sean