netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/6] net: phy: avoid genphy_aneg_done() for PHYs without clause 22 support

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Date:   Mon, 5 Jun 2017 13:58:31 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] net: phy: avoid genphy_aneg_done() for PHYs without
 clause 22 support

On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 12:22:55PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> Avoid calling genphy_aneg_done() for PHYs that do not implement the
> Clause 22 register set.
> 
> Clause 45 PHYs may implement the Clause 22 register set along with the
> Clause 22 extension MMD.  Hence, we can't simply block access to the
> Clause 22 functions based on the PHY being a Clause 45 PHY.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew