Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: octeon: avoid needless device allocation

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On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 07:20:08PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > I was asking this question myself and then came to this:
> > Converting driver to phylink makes separating different macs easier as
> > this driver is splitted between staging and arch/mips/cavium-octeon/executive/
> > However I'll provide changes spotted previously as separate preparational
> > patches. Would that work for you?
> 
> Is you end goal to get this out of staging? phylib vs phylink is not a
> reason to keep it in staging.
> 
> It just seems odd to be adding new features to a staging driver. As a
> bit of a "carrot and stick" maybe we should say you cannot add new
> features until it is ready to move out of staging?

We already have that rule.  But I don't know anything about phy vs
phylink...

regards,
dan carpenter





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