Re: [PATCH 0/5] net: ethernet: stmmac: some fixes and optimization

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Hi all,

Just a "gentleman ping" about this series

Regards,

Christophe.

On 9/23/19 9:46 AM, Christophe ROULLIER wrote:
> Hi Jakub, all,
>
> It is not urgent, no problem to wait next merge window (release 5.5)
>
> For patch 1 and 3, it is improvement/cleanup because now syscfg clock 
> is not mandatory (I put code backward compatible).
>
> Regards,
>
> Christophe
>
> On 9/23/19 12:12 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:38:12 +0200, Christophe Roullier wrote:
>>> Some improvements (manage syscfg as optional clock, update slew rate of
>>> ETH_MDIO pin, Enable gating of the MAC TX clock during TX low-power 
>>> mode)
>>> Fix warning build message when W=1
>> There seems to be some new features/cleanups (or improvements as
>> you say) here. Could you explain the negative impact not applying
>> these changes will have? Patches 1 and 3 in particular.
>>
>> net-next is now closed [1], and will reopen some time after the merge
>> window is over. For now we are only expecting fixes for the net tree.
>>
>> Could you (a) provide stronger motivation these changes are fixes; or
>> (b) separate the fixes from improvements?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/netdev-FAQ.html




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