From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch (vps0.lunn.ch [156.67.10.101]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 486A51DA313; Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:40:35 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1726234836; cv=none; b=irqHrqXYOilNqks1Y4uYx9KA06eSt+3hErU5hKPNKcri9bVU5U5BxSG1f9Gp/2aM6VxavDikK1inXyPQa+0I8YiMWxrKh7X9BTryTZum6O+TsyAOalDHicuiN69dmNB8nTeK0KDdY4u1LaEwwbXr3N0jva2gKpMiMFeZ9DA41Pk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1726234836; c=relaxed/simple; bh=GwqNWtgSAfwhVL1PGDJn96EYuazBb/NxsQZM2bDXl4Y=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=TugL3qsRf/NyL1z7QMt3cUpnrR+BHkCVYpDs277LrAMhEX5qSVrOZbS6JGk/cMdLkKck304hFvJ/k+0CSN3rtm125rWWSpCUcIcw043llu8jEFCk5DlTGSlDTTldhY3kXXXEl95iT+070pczeFDhrT9uVF8XztltKXT1XpwttbQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b=bOQlm1wO; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b="bOQlm1wO" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Disposition:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:From:Sender:Reply-To:Subject: Date:Message-ID:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:References; bh=dd/M2sQ+n4X121m4YxqzlkNWGkjUh6yL8ADLqSfBv1E=; b=bOQlm1wOdJrJDU52KTANe+QxYr 8tSjTPZHK8Nmmd3zjztTybESuKXq8F1goZk7XCyHxoVRSDKjqwis7zMIkvSZLIOFwapoaCULc1y+H KuAvXd2nT+A0mnUYqe2BRlw5M7lgai6wA9CIkIux3Akmv3SgHZxkCvjviRIqtr/Vfxxg=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sp6XG-007OfV-7D; Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:40:30 +0200 Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:40:30 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn To: Maxime Chevallier Cc: Florian Fainelli , davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com, Jakub Kicinski , Eric Dumazet , Paolo Abeni , Russell King , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Christophe Leroy , Herve Codina , Heiner Kallweit , Vladimir Oltean , Marek =?iso-8859-1?Q?Beh=FAn?= , =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=F6ry?= Maincent , Oleksij Rempel Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] Allow controlling PHY loopback and isolate modes Message-ID: <749884b8-9588-4666-8862-e7895cda3d39@lunn.ch> References: <20240911212713.2178943-1-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> <8372fe02-110a-4fca-839a-a4fa6a2dea74@gmail.com> <20240913093453.30811cb3@fedora.home> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240913093453.30811cb3@fedora.home> > With that being said, is it OK if I split the loopback part out of that > series ? From the comments, it looks like a complex-enough topic to be > covered on its own, and if we consider the loopback as a NIC feature, > then it doesn't really fit into the current work anymore. > > I am however happy to continue discussing that topic. Using loopback > has proven to be most helpful several times for me when bringing-up > devices. I agree Loopback is a useful facility, and is something we should support. But i see it as being a topic of its own. So please do split it out of this patchset. Andrew