Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/4] net: ethernet: altera-tse: Convert to mdio-regmap and use PCS Lynx

From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 11:42:50 +0100

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 10:05:17AM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 10:39:08AM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 09:42:50AM +0200, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> > > The newly introduced regmap-based MDIO driver allows for an easy mapping
> > > of an mdiodevice onto the memory-mapped TSE PCS, which is actually a
> > > Lynx PCS.
> > > 
> > > Convert Altera TSE to use this PCS instead of the pcs-altera-tse, which
> > > is nothing more than a memory-mapped Lynx PCS.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <[email-masked]>
> > 
> > Hi Maxime,
> > 
> > I have some concerns about the error paths in this patch.
> 
> We've had similar problems with mdio_device_create() vs the XPCS
> driver.
> 
> I think it's time that we made this easier for users.

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