Re: [PATCH net-next v14 0/4] net: dsa: initial support for MaxLinear MxL862xx switches

[Paolo Abeni]

On 2/7/26 10:47 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 07, 2026 at 03:06:48AM +0000, Daniel Golle wrote:
>> This series adds very basic DSA support for the MaxLinear MxL86252
>> (5x 2500Base-T PHYs) and MxL86282 (8x 2500Base-T PHYs) switches.
>> In addition to the 2.5G TP ports both switches also come with two
>> SerDes interfaces which can be used either to connect external PHYs
>> or SFP cages, or as CPU port when using the switch with this DSA driver.
> 
> For the entire set:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> with some minor comments I'll leave in individual patches, which I'd
> like you to address.
> 
> I don't want to put anybody in a bad spot, but given what time it is,
> this set should get at least _some_ time in net-next before the upcoming
> net-next PR, to allow for some reaction time in case of some unexpected
> reports like from static analysis or similar. 

As I'm wrapping-up the PR right now, and the series is not applied yet,
I fear the above is not going to happen.

Since a driver is involved (as opposed to the core stack) and there will
be the usual release cycle to address issues before the code lands in an
official release, I tend to think this series should still be merged -
unless someone voices strong and valid concerns _very soon_.

Thanks,

Paolo

So it would be good,
> because of that, for the fixups as a result of my comments to be
> separate patches rather than a new version.