Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mt7530: select MEDIATEK_GE_PHY for NET_DSA_MT7530_MDIO

[Vladimir Oltean]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 08:34:51AM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> Quoting from commit 4223f8651287 ("net: dsa: mt7530: make NET_DSA_MT7530
> select MEDIATEK_GE_PHY"):
> 
> Make MediaTek MT753x DSA driver enable MediaTek Gigabit PHYs driver to
> properly control MT7530 and MT7531 switch PHYs.
> 
> A noticeable change is that the behaviour of switchport interfaces going
> up-down-up-down is no longer there.
> 
> Now, the switch can be used without the PHYs but, at the moment, every
> hardware design out there that I have seen uses them. For that, it would
> make the most sense to force the selection of MEDIATEK_GE_PHY for the MDIO
> interface which currently controls the MT7530 and MT7531 switches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

I see MEDIATEK_GE_PHY only depends on NETDEVICES && PHYLIB, so it should
have no problem being directly selected by a driver without breaking the
build by causing unmet dependencies.

I also see there is precedent with CONFIG_TXGBE selecting
MARVELL_10G_PHY, CONFIG_R8169 selecting REALTEK_PHY, and others.

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@xxxxxxxxx>