Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] net: phy: fixed_phy: transition to the faux device interface

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 05:01:46PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> The net fixed phy driver does not require the creation of a platform
> device. Originally, this approach was chosen for simplicity when the
> driver was first implemented.
> 
> With the introduction of the lightweight faux device interface, we now
> have a more appropriate alternative. Migrate the device to utilize the
> faux bus, given that the platform device it previously created was not
> a real one anyway. This will get rid of the fake platform device.

You were asked to split this up by subsystem. So why is this 8/8?
There are not 7 other patches for netdev.

Please also take a read of:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html

    Andrew

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