Re: [PATCH net-next v5 00/15] net: macsec: initial support for hardware offloading

[David Miller]

From: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:19:55 +0100

> td;dr: When applying this series, do not apply patches 12 to 14.
> 
> This series intends to add support for offloading MACsec transformations
> to hardware enabled devices. The series adds the necessary
> infrastructure for offloading MACsec configurations to hardware drivers,
> in patches 1 to 6; then introduces MACsec offloading support in the
> Microsemi MSCC PHY driver, in patches 7 to 11.
> 
> The remaining 4 patches, 12 to 14, are *not* part of the series but
> provide the mandatory changes needed to support offloading MACsec
> operations to a MAC driver. Those patches are provided for anyone
> willing to add support for offloading MACsec operations to a MAC, and
> should be part of the first series adding a MAC as a MACsec offloading
> provider.

You say four 4 patches, but 12 to 14 is 3.  I think you meant 12 to 15
because 15 depends upon stuff added in 12 :-)

I applied everything except patch #7, which had the unnecessary phy
exports, and also elided 12 to 15.

Thanks.