[PATCH net-next 10/16] net: pcs: xpcs: Add generic DW XPCS MDIO-device support

[Vladimir Oltean]

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 02:54:00PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > > > The pcs-rzn1-miic.c driver puts a device_link to the MAC to at least
> > > > tear down the whole thing when the PCS is unbound, which is saner than
> > > > crashing the kernel. I don't see the equivalent protection mechanism here?
> > > 
> > > You are right. I don't have any equivalent protection here. Thanks for
> > > suggesting a solution.
> > 
> > I think that a device link between the "ethernet" device and the "mdio"
> > device (controller, parent of the PHY or PCS), if the Ethernet is not a
> > parent of the MDIO controller, could also solve that. But it would also
> > require ACK from PHY maintainers, who may have grander plans to address
> > this snag.
> 
> Ok. I'll add it in v2. Let's see what the maintainers think about
> that.

Are you not following the parallel discussion on the topic of PCS
devices having bound drivers?
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ZXnV%2FPk1PYxAm%2FjS@shell.armlinux.org.uk/

Sadly I don't have much spare time to join that discussion, but it looks
like you could.