linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: phy: Enable C45 PHYs with vendor specific address space

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Date:   Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:56:27 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vicentiu Galanopulo <vicentiu.galanopulo@....com>
Cc:     robh@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        davem@...emloft.net, marcel@...tmann.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, alexandru.marginean@....com,
        madalin.bucur@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: phy: Enable C45 PHYs with vendor
 specific address space

On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 04:02:33AM -0500, Vicentiu Galanopulo wrote:
> A search of the dev-addr property is done in of_mdiobus_register.
> If the property is found in the PHY node, of_mdiobus_register_vend_spec_phy()
> is called. This is a wrapper function for of_mdiobus_register_phy()
> which finds the device in package based on dev-addr, and fills
> devices_addrs, which is a new field added to phy_c45_device_ids.
> This new field will store the dev-addr property on the same index
> where the device in package has been found.
> 
> The of_mdiobus_register_phy() now contains an extra parameter,
> which is struct phy_c45_device_ids *c45_ids.
> If c45_ids is not NULL, get_vend_spec_addr_phy_device() is called
> and c45_ids are propagated all the way to get_phy_c45_ids().
> 
> Having dev-addr stored in devices_addrs, in get_phy_c45_ids(),
> when probing the identifiers, dev-addr can be extracted from
> devices_addrs and probed if devices_addrs[current_identifier] is not 0.

This still needs work. But i don't want David to see the two
Reviewed-by and think the series is O.K. So lets make it clear

NACK

More comments to follow.

    Andrew