[PATCH net-next v3 3/6] net: add generic selftest support

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Oleksij,

On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 3:13 PM Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel at pengutronix.de> wrote:
> Port some parts of the stmmac selftest and reuse it as basic generic selftest
> library. This patch was tested with following combinations:
> - iMX6DL FEC -> AT8035
> - iMX6DL FEC -> SJA1105Q switch -> KSZ8081
> - iMX6DL FEC -> SJA1105Q switch -> KSZ9031
> - AR9331 ag71xx -> AR9331 PHY
> - AR9331 ag71xx -> AR9331 switch -> AR9331 PHY
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel at pengutronix.de>

Thanks for your patch, which is now commit 3e1e58d64c3d0a67 ("net: add
generic selftest support") upstream.

> --- a/net/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/Kconfig
> @@ -429,6 +429,10 @@ config GRO_CELLS
>  config SOCK_VALIDATE_XMIT
>         bool
>
> +config NET_SELFTESTS
> +       def_tristate PHYLIB

Why does this default to enabled if PHYLIB=y?
Usually we allow the user to make selftests modular, independent of the
feature under test, but I may misunderstand the purpose of this test.

Thanks for your clarification!

> +       depends on PHYLIB
> +

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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