linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/7] net: phy: mscc: add support for VSC8584 PHY

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Date:   Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:29:30 +0200
From:   Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...tlin.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
        paul.burton@...s.com, jhogan@...nel.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, davem@...emloft.net, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        allan.nielsen@...rochip.com, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
        antoine.tenart@...tlin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/7] net: phy: mscc: add support for VSC8584 PHY

Hi Andrew,

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 03:18:46PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Most of the init sequence of a PHY of the package is common to all PHYs
> > in the package, thus we use the SMI broadcast feature which enables us
> > to propagate a write in one register of one PHY to all PHYs in the
> > package.
> 
> Hi Quinten
> 
> Could you say a bit more about the broadcast. Does the SMI broadcast
> go to all PHY everywhere on an MDIO bus, or only all PHYs within one
> package? I'm just thinking about the case you need two of these
> packages to cover 8 switch ports.
> 

Ah sorry, that wasn't very explicit. That's a feature on the PHY side so
my wildest guess is that it wouldn't impact any other PHY outside of
this package. Affecting any other PHY on the bus is counter-intuitive to
me but I'll ask the HW engineers for confirmation.

Thanks,
Quentin

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