Re: [PATCH net v2] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: drop clocks unused by Ethernet driver

[Paolo Abeni]

On 7/30/24 12:22, Daniel Golle wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 10:53:19AM +0200, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > On 7/30/24 04:06, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:23 +0100 Daniel Golle wrote:
> > > > Clocks for SerDes and PHY are going to be handled by standalone drivers
> > > > for each of those hardware components. Drop them from the Ethernet driver.
> > > >
> > > > The clocks which are being removed for this patch are responsible for
> > > > the for the SerDes PCS and PHYs used for the 2nd and 3rd MAC which are
> > > > anyway not yet supported. Hence backwards compatibility is not an issue.
> > >
> > > What user visible issue is it fixing, then?
> >
> > Indeed this looks like more a cleanup than a fix. @Daniel why net-next
> > without fixes tag is not a suitable target here?
>
> There is no user visible issue. I didn't know that this would be the
> condition for going into 'net'. I will resend the patch to net-next.

See:

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10.2/source/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst#L68

The main point here is the patch looks more a cleanup than a fix.

If so, please also drop the fixes tag when re-posting, thanks!

Paolo