回覆: [net v2] net: ftgmac100: refactor getting phy device handle

[Jacky Chou]

Hi Simon

Thank you for your reply.

> > The ftgmac100 supports NC-SI mode, dedicated PHY and fixed-link PHY.
> > The dedicated PHY is using the phy_handle property to get phy device
> > handle and the fixed-link phy is using the fixed-link property to
> > register a fixed-link phy device.
> >
> > In of_phy_get_and_connect function, it help driver to get and register
> > these PHYs handle.
> > Therefore, here refactors this part by using of_phy_get_and_connect.
> 
> Hi Jacky,
> 
> I understand the aim of this patch, and I think it is nice that we can drop about
> 20 lines of code. But I did have some trouble understanding the paragraph
> above. I wonder if the following is clearer:
> 
>   Consolidate the handling of dedicated PHY and fixed-link phy by taking
>   advantage of logic in of_phy_get_and_connect() which handles both of
>   these cases, rather than open coding the same logic in ftgmac100_probe().
>

Agree. I will change the commit message.
Thank you for helping me fine-tune this message.

> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jacky Chou <jacky_chou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v2:
> >   - enable mac asym pause support for fixed-link PHY
> >   - remove fixes information
> 
> I agree that this is not a fix. And should not have a Fixes tag and so on.
> But as such it should be targeted at net rather than net-next.
> 
>   Subject: [net-next vX] ...
> 
> The code themselves changes look good to me. But I think the two points above,
> in combination, warrant a v3.

I will send v3 patch to net-next tree.

Thanks,
Jacky