Re: [PATCH net v5 0/4] net: phy: bcm54811: Fix the PHY initialization

[Florian Fainelli]

On 7/2/25 15:02, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 09:50:11 +0200 Kamil Horák - 2N wrote:
> > PATCH 1 - Add MII-Lite PHY interface mode as defined by Broadcom for
> >     their two-wire PHYs. It can be used with most Ethernet controllers
> >     under certain limitations (no half-duplex link modes etc.).
> >
> > PATCH 2 - Add MII-Lite PHY interface type
> >
> > PATCH 3 - Activation of MII-Lite interface mode on Broadcom bcm5481x
> >     PHYs
> >
> > PATCH 4 - Fix the BCM54811 PHY initialization so that it conforms
> >     to the datasheet regarding a reserved bit in the LRE Control
> >     register, which must be written to zero after every device reset.
> >     Also fix the LRE Status register reading, there is another bit to
> >     be ignored on bcm54811.
>
> I'm a bit lost why the first 3 patches are included in a series for net.
> My naive reading is we didn't support this extra mode, now we do,
> which sounds like a new feature.. Patch 4, sure, but the dependency
> is not obvious.

I don't see the dependency either, at least not in an explicit way. 
Kamil, could patch #4 stand on its own and routed through "net" while 
patches 1-3 are routed through "net-next"?

Thanks
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Florian