Re: [PATCH net-next v7 04/10] net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: set RGMII mode for family D

[Mieczyslaw Nalewaj]

On <DATA>, Alvin Šipraga wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 06, 2026 at 03:56:18PM +0100, Mieczyslaw Nalewaj wrote:
> > I do not have the hardware, so I cannot read the reset default of
> > MAC4_SEL_EXT1 myself. [...]
>
> If you don't have the HW, how are you testing these patches...?

The code was tested by users of RTL8367S-VB devices from the OpenWrt
GitHub and the OpenWrt forum, who built it and reported back to me.
These were basic functionality tests only. I do not test it myself, and
I should have said so in the cover letter.

> I think we will need a Tested-by: tag from someone(s) with both a family
> C and D to get this series in, if you are unable to test things
> yourself.

Understood. I have already asked those users to respond on this mailing
list and give their Tested-by tags, 

> Please also do not submit anything if it has not been tested. Maybe it
> was, but then please get that person's Tested-by and put them on
> CC. Otherwise maintainers might merge this assuming it was tested, if
> you got the reviews... It is a basic assumption that non-RFC stuff has
> been tested when posted to the list.

Noted, and sorry for the confusion.

Kind regards,
Mieczyslaw