netdev - Re: [net-next 0/3] ravb: Remove use of undocumented registers

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Date:   Mon, 2 Sep 2019 10:16:25 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>,
        Biju Das <biju.das@...renesas.com>,
        Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro@...renesas.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next 0/3] ravb: Remove use of undocumented registers

Hi Simon, Biju, Fabrizio,

On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 10:06 AM Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au> wrote:
> this short series cleans up the RAVB driver a little.
>
> The first patch corrects the spelling of the FBP field of SFO register.
> This register field is unused and should have no run-time effect.
>
> The remaining two patches remove the use of undocumented registers
> after some consultation with the internal Renesas BSP team.
>
> All patches have been lightly tested on:
> * E3 Ebisu
> * H3 Salvator-XS (ES2.0)
> * M3-W Salvator-XS
> * M3-N Salvator-XS

It would be good if someone could test this on an R-Car Gen2 board
that uses ravb (iwg22d or iwg23s).

Thanks!

> Kazuya Mizuguchi (2):
>   ravb: correct typo in FBP field of SFO register
>   ravb: Remove undocumented processing
>
> Simon Horman (1):
>   ravb: TROCR register is only present on R-Car Gen3

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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