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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:48:29 +0100
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To:     "M. Haener" <michael.haener@siemens.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] net: dsa: mv88e632x: Add SERDES ops
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On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 08:47:23AM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 08:59:31AM +0200, M. Haener wrote:
> > From: Michael Haener <michael.haener@siemens.com>
> > 
> > The 88e632x family has several SERDES 100/1000 blocks. By adding these
> > operations, these functionalities can be used.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Haener <michael.haener@siemens.com>
> > ---
> > Changelog:
> > v3: rebased onto main branch
> > v2: rebased onto Russell Kings series dsa/88e6xxx/phylink
> 
> I think you're missing something - you seem to be adding support to read
> the statistics from these blocks, but you're not actually driving them
> at all in terms of reading their status or configuring them.
> 
> You need to modify drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/pcs-6352.c for that.

... and this is why you need to be able to test on recent kernels!

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