netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: phy: broadcom: Fix bcm_write

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Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 15:27:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, arunp@...adcom.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        rjui@...adcom.com, sbranden@...adcom.com, jonmason@...adcom.com,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: phy: broadcom: Fix bcm_write_exp()

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 17:04:49 -0700

> On newer PHYs, we need to select the expansion register to write with
> setting bits [11:8] to 0xf. This was done correctly by bcm7xxx.c prior
> to being migrated to generic code under bcm-phy-lib.c which
> unfortunately used the older implementation from the BCM54xx days.
> 
> Fix this by creating an inline stub: bcm_write_exp_sel() which adds the
> correct value (MII_BCM54XX_EXP_SEL_ER) and update both the Cygnus PHY
> and BCM7xxx PHY drivers which require setting these bits.
> 
> broadcom.c is unchanged because some PHYs even use a different selector
> method, so let them specify it directly (e.g: SerDes secondary selector).
> 
> Fixes: a1cba5613edf ("net: phy: Add Broadcom phy library for common interfaces")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> ---
> David, please also queue this one up for -stable, thanks!

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Florian.