Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: microchip: fix KSZ8765 fiber detection

On 6.10.2026 20:24, Andrew Lunn wrote:

On Tue, Oct 06, 2026 at 06:21:52PM +0200, Nicolai Buchwitz wrote:

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Hi Andrew

On October 6, 2026 6:16:02 PM GMT+02:00, Andrew Lunn [off-list ref] wrote:

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This issue was discovered when upgrading an embedded device from kernel 5.10 to 6.16.

So is this a regression?

If it is, please take a read of:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html

and consider if this should be backported to stable.

You then need to set the tree as 'net'

I might be overlooking something,  but the target tree is already net?

Oh, yes. Was it a missing Fixes tag which made me think something was
wrong?

Yes. It should be

  Fixes: 91a98917a883 ("net: dsa: microchip: move switch chip_id detection to ksz_common")

Sébastien, can you please resend the patch with the Fixes tag? With this change:

Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>

Thanks
Nicolai