Re: [PATCH net-next 00/17] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: support for Remote Management Unit

From: Paolo Abeni

Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 04:21:38 EST


On 7/3/26 9:46 AM, Luke Howard wrote:
> This patch set shephards a series of commits made by Andrew Lunn
> and others to support remotely managing Marvell switches over
> Ethernet (as opposed to MDIO) using the Remote Management Unit
> (RMU).
>
> This is the second of four patch sets: the remaining two add
> support for remote management when MDIO is unavailable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luke Howard <lukeh@xxxxxxxx>

You have already 35 patches pending. Please read carefully:

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v7.1.2/source/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst

and specifically `Limit patches outstanding on mailing list`

Also note that the limit is supposed to be approached/reached by
submitters with a well known history of positive contributions (i.e.
reviews).

I'm deferring (at least) this series. Please repost only after that the
other pending ones have been processed.

/P