Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: sfp: manage receiver and transmitter regulators

From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:12:14 +0000

On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 02:22:40PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 02:54:27PM +0100, Romain Gantois wrote:
> > If phandles to receiver and/or transmitter regulators for an SFP device are
> > found, enable them at probe time.
> 
> The driver should unconditionally request whatever power the device
> needs.

... and then we break everyone, just like you broke SATA, and I've
never forgiven you for taking a principled line on this rather than a
pragmatic approach. You're making the same mistake here.

As we disagree, we're at a stalemate, the result of which will be a
NACK to this patch set.

Sorry.

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