Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: ethernet: cortina: support deferral

[Linus Walleij]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 3:20 AM Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When using nvmem, it may be necessary to defer probe until the specific
> nvmem driver is loaded to get the proper MAC.
>
> Rosen Penev (2):
>   net: ethernet: cortina: use devm to enable clocks
>   net: ethernet: cortina: fix nvmem mac addresses

Net-next is closed so you will have to resend this:
https://netdev.bots.linux.dev/net-next.html

But I like what I see :)
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>

What I actually most of all want to achieve here is to support loading
the PHY as module, but I suspect that then the ethernet driver has to
be a module as well so modprobe can do its job.

Yours,
Linus Walleij