[PATCH net-next v13 11/16] net: dsa: mt7530: use external PCS driver

Arınç ÜNAL arinc.unal at arinc9.com
Tue Mar 14 13:59:40 PDT 2023


On 14/03/2023 22:53, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 09:21:40PM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
>> I was going to send a mail to netdev mailing list to ask for opinions
>> whether we should rename the mt7530 DSA driver to mt753x and rename these
>> functions you mentioned to mt753x so it's crystal clear what code is for
>> what hardware. Now that we glossed over it here, I guess I can ask it here
>> instead.
> 
> My 2 cents - make your first 100 useful commits on this driver, which at
> the very least produce a change in the compiled output, and then go on a
> renaming spree as much as you want.

Look, I don't ask for renaming just for the sake of renaming things. I 
see a benefit which would make things clearer.

If you rather mean to, know the driver very well, by saying do 100 
useful commits on the driver beforehand, that makes sense. But I think 
I'm capable of managing this. I've got the time and energy.

Arınç



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