linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/8] net: phy: meson-gxl: add read and write helpers for bank registers

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Date:   Thu, 7 Dec 2017 17:02:35 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/8] net: phy: meson-gxl: add read and write
 helpers for bank registers

> Banks actually comes from the datasheet, Yes.
> I don't mind renaming it but I would be making things up. As you wish ?

Keep it as is for the moment.

> Does the usual pages comes with this weird toggle thing to open the access ?
> Would we able to use these generic helpers with our this kind of quirks ?

I don't think the API has been defined yet. But what has been
discussed is adding functions to struct phy_driver. The driver can
then implement whatever is needed to select a given page. There will
then be helpers which take the lock, select the page, do the
read/write, select page 0, and unlock.

Supporting this funny toggle should not be a problem.

	   Andrew