Re: [net-next PATCH v4 0/3] leds: trigger: netdev: add additional modes

[Andrew Lunn]

> > If you do decided to wait, you are going to need to create another
> > stable branch to pull into netdev. I know it is not a huge overhead,
> > but it is still work, coordination etc.
> 
> Can you clarify you last point for me please?

This patchset extends the conditions on which the trigger blinks the
LED. It adds a couple more values to enum led_trigger_netdev_modes in
include/linux/leds.h. Once it gets merged, i will have a followup
patch extending the Marvell PHY driver to make us of them. It will
need these additional enum values. I also expect other PHY drivers to
gain support for them. Probably the dp83867.c driver since Alexander
Stein already has a patch merged adding support for what the current
API supports.

If we merge this patchset now via netdev, -rc1 should have everything
we need for this continuing development work. If we wait to merge
these patches until -rc1, only the LED tree has the needed patches, so
these network drivers will need a stable branch we can pull into
netdev.

Both ways work, we can do either. But it is probably easier for
everybody to merge now via netdev.

	  Andrew