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]
