On 09/06/2025 11:36, Kory Maincent wrote: > Le Sun, 8 Jun 2025 09:17:59 +0300, > Gal Pressman <gal@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > >> On 28/05/2025 10:31, Paolo Abeni wrote: >>> I'm sorry, even if this has been posted (just) before the merge window, >>> I think an uAPI extension this late is a bit too dangerous, please >>> repost when net-next will reopen after the merge window. >> >> Are all new uapi changes expected to come with a test that exercises the >> functionality? > > I don't think so and I don't think it is doable for now on PSE. There is nothing > that could get the PSE control of a dummy PSE controller driver. We need either > the support for a dummy PHY driver similarly to netdevsim or the support for the > MDI ports. > By luck Maxime Chevallier is currently working on both of these tasks and had > already sent several times the patch series for the MDI port support. > We shouldn't rule it out so quickly, testing is important, let's try to accommodate to our rules. Why can't this be tested on real hardware using a drivers/net/hw selftest? The test can skip if it lacks the needed hardware. Or rebase this over Maxime's work?
