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

[Daniel Golle]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 10:49:56AM +0100, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> 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.

Meaning I should send them *now*, despite net-next being closed already?