Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] net: dsa: SERDES support for mv88e632x family

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Thu Jul 13 2023 - 15:33:41 EST


On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 04:29:12PM +0000, Sverdlin, Alexander wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> On Thu, 2023-07-13 at 17:34 +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > we did understand Andrew's request indeed, however we were not able to
> > > backport your series quickly to the version we are able to test on the
> > > HW.
> >
> > But your own patchset has been tested on net-next by yourself? So it
> > should be trivial to use "b4 am <threadid>" to get Russells patchset,
> > apply them on top of net-next, and then add your patches as well.
>
> unfortunately it has been only built on net-next and tested on a 5.15.x with some
> limited backports so that Russell series would require even more backporting.

You should indicate that the patch is only built tested when
submitting it.

I assume you are using a vendor kernel? What is missing in mainline to
stop networking working?

Andrew