netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC v2 8/9] net: phy: split devices_in

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Date:   Wed, 27 May 2020 09:36:13 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 8/9] net: phy: split devices_in_package



On 5/27/2020 3:34 AM, Russell King wrote:
> We have two competing requirements for the devices_in_package field.
> We want to use it as a bit array indicating which MMDs are present, but
> we also want to know if the Clause 22 registers are present.
> 
> Since "devices in package" is a term used in the 802.3 specification,
> keep this as the as-specified values read from the PHY, and introduce
> a new member "mmds_present" to indicate which MMDs are actually
> present in the PHY, derived from the "devices in package" value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
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Florian