Re: [PATCH net-next v4 8/9] net: dsa: dsa_slave_phy_connect(): extend phy's flags with port specific phy flags

[Vladimir Oltean]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 09:15:26AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> This patch extends the flags of the phy that's being connected with the
> port specific flags of the switch port.
> 
> This is needed to handle a port specific erratum of the KSZ8873 switch,
> which is added in a later patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

What happens differently between having this patch and not having it?