[PATCH net-next v7 00/13] Introduce PHY listing and link_topology tracking

[Maxime Chevallier]

Hi Jakub,

On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:59:02 -0800
Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:04:17 +0100 Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> > This is V7 for the link topology addition, allowing to track all PHYs
> > that are linked to netdevices.
> > 
> > The main change in V7 is the protection of the main internal API
> > entrypoints (link_topo_init/cleanup, link_topo_add/del_phy) by
> > IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_PHYLIB).
> > 
> > That's restrictive, but it looks difficult to do otherwise while still keep the
> > data structure opaque and not add dependency clutter with PHYLIB.
> > 
> > As you can tell, I'm unsure about this, so please don't hesitate to
> > comment on that part :)
> > 
> > The other changes are very minor, the only one is a call to netdev_put
> > in the .done() netlink callback.
> > 
> > As a remainder, here's what the PHY listings would look like :
> >  - eth0 has a 88x3310 acting as media converter, and an SFP module with
> >    an embedded 88e1111 PHY
> >  - eth2 has a 88e1510 PHY  
> 
> Needs a rebase, core has been busy lately:

Arg, I'll send a rebased version, sorry about that

Best regards,

Maxime