David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> : [...] > The amount of coverage this change is going to get is very small as > well, meaning an even greater chance of regressions.
Yes. > Therefore the only acceptable way to handle this is to have > a white-list, specific chips that have been explicitly tested > and are known to work with this feature, rather than the other > way around. > > Furthermore, you're not even checking the chip version, you're > checking instead whether the firmware is loaded or not. That > doesn't seem like a safe way to guard this at all. Actually the chip specific xyz_hw_phy_config methods call the relevant aldps enabling helper _but_ the 8168evl dedicated xyz_hw_phy_config doesn't. The firmware loaded check is just a distraction for the busy reviewer. -- Ueimor
