Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v4] r8169: add support for rtl8168h(revid 0x2a) + rtl8211fs fiber application

From: Hau <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2022 12:28:50 +0000

> From: Jakub Kicinski [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2022 8:27 AM
> To: [email-masked]; Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Hau <[email-masked]>; [email-masked]; nic_swsd
> <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4] r8169: add support for rtl8168h(revid 0x2a)
> + rtl8211fs fiber application
> 
> On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:59:44 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 22:48:07 +0800 Chunhao Lin wrote:
> > > rtl8168h(revid 0x2a) + rtl8211fs is for fiber related application.
> > > rtl8168h is connected to rtl8211fs mdio bus via its eeprom or gpio pins.
> > >
> > > In this patch, use bitbanged MDIO framework to access rtl8211fs via
> > > rtl8168h's eeprom or gpio pins.
> > >
> > > And set mdiobb_ops owner to NULL to avoid increase module's refcount
> > > to prevent rmmod cannot be done.
> > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-renesas-soc/patch/2020073
> > > [email-masked]/
> >
> > Heiner, Andrew, good?
> 
> Well, we need Hainer or Andrew to ack, I'm marking this patch as Deferred
> until such endorsement is obtained.
> 
Hi Heiner, could you help to check this patch? 

Thanks.

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