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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/3] Make the PHY library stop being so
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On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 11:32:48PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> But these patches also solve DSA's issue with the circular dependency
> between the switch and its internal PHYs, and nobody seems to have asked
> the most important question: why?

Surely you specified that in your cover message and in the patch
that actually fixes the problem, as one always should do.

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