Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: phy: sfp: Add single-byte SMBus SFP access

[Andrew Lunn]

> So, not only do I think that hwmon should be disabled if using SMBus,
> but I also think that the kernel should print a warning that SMBus is
> being used and therefore e.g. copper modules will be unreliable. We
> don't know how the various firmwares in various microprocessors that
> convert I2C to MDIO will behave when faced with SMBus transfers.

I agree, hwmon should be disabled, and that the kernel should printing
a warning that the hardware is broken and that networking is not
guaranteed to be reliable.

	Andrew