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 77334215F7C; Mon, 3 Mar 2025 17:20:57 +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=1741022458; cv=none; b=pu9oi/B2VkZ5EPq+7rvn/dYhrrgw39LRNH5/B6/N6jBnBIhpjJmU5ls5HVliWp5rn4m/FTeVHoCai1UFfu9Ngg9egARUzqVL8NDJl7HYbK0A4qYS4D8nw2jiTd6rxe4EeAz2hyyJJ3MsUaDRFC4WKaE5SqKgPB0r13Je2sQ01Tg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1741022458; c=relaxed/simple; bh=rZrITLuqk236CJ6Fx5KURSt5qlvDhoqjPPOJPOYr1bA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Bj14b7l+yy8u1y6+iFfDKnDMO3/Oik93eUTVFStZC3zlm6xWDsRVT7UsvrnGEg9TwTLVwS1RdYpw4ff9Km0KUsuozupXHinNucLFnCcEhh4w+j3+SnJi0ELpZYlrOiGQi0Kkj6X+zTLsSrOS59IuXAhRjCfMLR4EjEm6slwED3w= 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=oF4Rr2fb; 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="oF4Rr2fb" 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=DEzZ4I9i+rAzUmDhMOQ9Bx2T7VvevKaFXkvxEnNO4ao=; b=oF4Rr2fbPPKNt+oqxSHJhmpvbD mwKn5WFE74yvNXSHtCUM0UVmOaYGUwbKK+XZmOnlLKTiS0F9cJCAsw2UrmEh1HzfglkwL97wbqez4 tDMW3f1z+dhEYutVeAUJabQE1Lyju+zPoZC7WSnTJheys0d3lgQ69T32b/aPycWG34rg=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1tp9TD-001sKF-PN; Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:20:47 +0100 Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 18:20:47 +0100 From: Andrew Lunn To: Jean-Michel Hautbois Cc: Heiner Kallweit , Russell King , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Catalin Popescu , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: dp83826: Add support for straps reading Message-ID: References: <20250303-dp83826-fixes-v1-0-6901a04f262d@yoseli.org> <20250303-dp83826-fixes-v1-2-6901a04f262d@yoseli.org> 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: <20250303-dp83826-fixes-v1-2-6901a04f262d@yoseli.org> On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 06:05:52PM +0100, Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote: > When the DP83826 is probed, read the straps, and apply the default > settings expected. The MDI-X is not yet supported, but still read the > strap. What about backwards compatibility? I expect this changes the behaviour of the device, potentially introducing regressions? Please add an explanation of why this is safe. Andrew --- pw-bot: cr