Re: [PATCH net-next 11/12] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add Energy Detect ops

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Jul 17 2017 - 16:45:55 EST


From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:32:52 -0400

> Hi Andrew,
>
> Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> I never liked this. I think it is architecturally wrong for the switch
>> to be poking around in the PHY. It should ask the PHY driver. This is
>> especially true for external PHYs which might not be a Marvell PHY.
>
> I share the same concern. However this patch is just isolating the
> existing code so that we get rid of the last caps and flags and stop
> writing (without reading them first) arbitrary registers.
>
> Once this portion is moved to the PHY driver, one can remove it from
> mv88e6xxx.

Seems a reasonable plan of action.

Andrew, do you agree?