[PATCH net-next] net: sparx5/lan969x: populate netdev of_node
Daniel Machon
daniel.machon at microchip.com
Sun Nov 9 22:57:01 PST 2025
Hi Robert,
> Populate of_node for the port netdevs, to make the individual ports
> of_nodes available in sysfs.
Sounds reasonable :-)
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robert.marko at sartura.hr>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_netdev.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_netdev.c
> index 1d34af78166a..284596f1da04 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_netdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_netdev.c
> @@ -300,7 +300,11 @@ int sparx5_register_netdevs(struct sparx5 *sparx5)
>
> for (portno = 0; portno < sparx5->data->consts->n_ports; portno++)
> if (sparx5->ports[portno]) {
> - err = register_netdev(sparx5->ports[portno]->ndev);
> + struct net_device *port_ndev = sparx5->ports[portno]->ndev;
This line exceeds 80 chars and can easily be wrapped.
> +
> + port_ndev->dev.of_node = sparx5->ports[portno]->of_node;
> +
> + err = register_netdev(port_ndev);
> if (err) {
> dev_err(sparx5->dev,
> "port: %02u: netdev registration failed\n",
> --
> 2.51.1
>
It seems wrong to me to stuff this into sparx5_register_netdevs() - there are
two better candidates, either: sparx5_create_netdev (where other ndev variables
are assigned) or sparx5_create_port().
/Daniel
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