Re: [net-next PATCH v4 0/3] leds: trigger: netdev: add additional modes

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On Tue, 20 Jun 2023, Andrew Lunn wrote:

> > > If you do decided to wait, you are going to need to create another
> > > stable branch to pull into netdev. I know it is not a huge overhead,
> > > but it is still work, coordination etc.
> > 
> > Can you clarify you last point for me please?
> 
> This patchset extends the conditions on which the trigger blinks the
> LED. It adds a couple more values to enum led_trigger_netdev_modes in
> include/linux/leds.h. Once it gets merged, i will have a followup
> patch extending the Marvell PHY driver to make us of them. It will
> need these additional enum values. I also expect other PHY drivers to
> gain support for them. Probably the dp83867.c driver since Alexander
> Stein already has a patch merged adding support for what the current
> API supports.
> 
> If we merge this patchset now via netdev, -rc1 should have everything
> we need for this continuing development work. If we wait to merge
> these patches until -rc1, only the LED tree has the needed patches, so
> these network drivers will need a stable branch we can pull into
> netdev.
> 
> Both ways work, we can do either. But it is probably easier for
> everybody to merge now via netdev.

Got it, thanks.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]



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