Re: [PATCH v2] net: phy: micrel: Update Kconfig help text

[Andrew Lunn]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 10:29:03AM +0200, Jonas Rebmann wrote:
> This driver by now supports 17 different Microchip (formerly known as
> Micrel) chips: KSZ9021, KSZ9031, KSZ9131, KSZ8001, KS8737, KSZ8021,
> KSZ8031, KSZ8041, KSZ8051, KSZ8061, KSZ8081, KSZ8873MLL, KSZ886X,
> KSZ9477, LAN8814, LAN8804 and LAN8841.
> 
> Support for the VSC8201 was removed in commit 51f932c4870f ("micrel phy
> driver - updated(1)")
> 
> Update the help text to reflect that, list families instead of models to
> ease future maintenance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonas Rebmann <jre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Don't capitalize "micrel" in commit message (Thanks, Jakub)
> - Name chip families with the common xxx-placeholders (Thanks, Jakub)
> - Be a bit more specific as to which families
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250909-micrel-kconfig-v1-1-22d04bb90052@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> index a7fb1d7cae94..e543eef36d98 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ config MICREL_PHY
>  	depends on PTP_1588_CLOCK_OPTIONAL
>  	select PHY_PACKAGE
>  	help
> -	  Supports the KSZ9021, VSC8201, KS8001 PHYs.
> +	  Supports the KSZ8xxx, KSZ9xxx, and LAN88xx families of Micrel/Microchip PHYs.

Much better, thanks.

> Best regards,
> --  
> Jonas Rebmann <jre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

It is a bit unusual to see a signature, git send-email, or b4 send
would not do that. But patch(1) should be able to figure this out.

For future reference, the Subject line should have the tree inside the
[].

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Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

    Andrew