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

[Oleksij Rempel]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 10:24:17PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> 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?

Without this patch, the PHY driver will not get the phyflag provided by the
DSA driver.

Regards,
Oleksij
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