Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Move Loongson1 MAC arch-code to the driver dir

[Paolo Abeni]

On Wed, 2023-08-30 at 21:42 +0800, Keguang Zhang wrote:
> In order to convert Loongson1 MAC platform devices to the devicetree
> nodes, Loongson1 MAC arch-code should be moved to the driver dir.
> Add dt-binding document and update MAINTAINERS file accordingly. 
>     
> In other words, this patchset is a preparation for converting
> Loongson1 platform devices to devicetree.
> 
> Changelog
> V3 -> V4: Add Acked-by tag from Krzysztof Kozlowski
>           Add "|" to description part
>           Amend "phy-mode" property
>           Drop ls1x_dwmac_syscon definition and its instances
>           Drop three redundant fields from the ls1x_dwmac structure
>           Drop the ls1x_dwmac_init() method.
>           Update the dt-binding document entry of Loongson1 Ethernet
>           Some minor improvements
> V2 -> V3: Split the DT-schema file into loongson,ls1b-gmac.yaml
>           and loongson,ls1c-emac.yaml (suggested by Serge Semin)
>           Change the compatibles to loongson,ls1b-gmac and loongson,ls1c-emac
>           Rename loongson,dwmac-syscon to loongson,ls1-syscon
>           Amend the title
>           Add description
>           Add Reviewed-by tag from Krzysztof Kozlowski
>           Change compatibles back to loongson,ls1b-syscon
>           and loongson,ls1c-syscon
>           Determine the device ID by physical
>           base address(suggested by Serge Semin)
>           Use regmap instead of regmap fields
>           Use syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle()
>           Some minor fixes
>           Update the entries of MAINTAINERS
> V1 -> V2: Leave the Ethernet platform data for now
>           Make the syscon compatibles more specific
>           Fix "clock-names" and "interrupt-names" property
>           Rename the syscon property to "loongson,dwmac-syscon"
>           Drop "phy-handle" and "phy-mode" requirement
>           Revert adding loongson,ls1b-dwmac/loongson,ls1c-dwmac
>           to snps,dwmac.yaml
>           Fix the build errors due to CONFIG_OF being unset
>           Change struct reg_field definitions to const
>           Rename the syscon property to "loongson,dwmac-syscon"
>           Add MII PHY mode for LS1C
>           Improve the commit message
> 
> Keguang Zhang (4):
>   dt-bindings: mfd: syscon: Add compatibles for Loongson-1 syscon
>   dt-bindings: net: Add Loongson-1 Ethernet Controller
>   net: stmmac: Add glue layer for Loongson-1 SoC
>   MAINTAINERS: Update MIPS/LOONGSON1 entry
> 
>  .../devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.yaml       |   2 +
>  .../bindings/net/loongson,ls1b-gmac.yaml      | 114 +++++++++
>  .../bindings/net/loongson,ls1c-emac.yaml      | 113 +++++++++
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |   3 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig   |  11 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile  |   1 +
>  .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-loongson1.c | 219 ++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 463 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/loongson,ls1b-gmac.yaml
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/loongson,ls1c-emac.yaml
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-loongson1.c
> 
> 
> base-commit: 56585460cc2ec44fc5d66924f0a116f57080f0dc

I guess the whole series should go through the networking tree, but
please note that net-next is currently closed:

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## Form letter - net-next-closed

The merge window for v6.6 has begun and therefore net-next is closed
for new drivers, features, code refactoring and optimizations.
We are currently accepting bug fixes only.

Please repost when net-next reopens after Sept 11th.

RFC patches sent for review only are obviously welcome at any time.

See:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#development-cycle