Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] modpost: file2alias: make mdio alias configure match mdio uevent

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sat Dec 04 2021 - 10:12:14 EST


On Sat, Dec 04, 2021 at 05:13:27PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
> The do_mdio_entry was responsible for generating a phy alias configure
> that according to the phy driver's mdio_device_id, before apply this
> patch, which alias configure is like "alias mdio:000000010100000100001
> 1011101????", it doesn't match the phy_id of mdio_uevent, because of
> the phy_id was a hexadecimal digit and the mido uevent is consisit of
> phy_id with the char 'p', the uevent string is different from alias.
> Add this patch that mdio alias configure will can match mdio uevent.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Change in v4:
> Add following explain information.

Adding an explanation will not stop the regression happening. You will
continue to get a NACK while your change causes a regression. Please
do not post again until you have addressed the regression.

Andrew