linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] net: phy: mscc: Add EEE init sequence

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Date:   Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:21:09 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...tlin.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     allan.nielsen@...rochip.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
        Raju Lakkaraju <Raju.Lakkaraju@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] net: phy: mscc: Add EEE init sequence



On 09/14/18 01:33, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> From: Raju Lakkaraju <Raju.Lakkaraju@...rochip.com>
> 
> Microsemi PHYs (VSC 8530/31/40/41) need to update the Energy Efficient
> Ethernet initialization sequence.
> In order to avoid certain link state errors that could result in link
> drops and packet loss, the physical coding sublayer (PCS) must be
> updated with settings related to EEE in order to improve performance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raju Lakkaraju <Raju.Lakkaraju@...rochip.com>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...tlin.com>
> ---

[snip]

> +	vsc85xx_tr_write(phydev, 0x0f82, 0x0012b00a);

Can you just make this an array of register + value pair? That would be
less error prone in case you need to update that sequence in the future.

With that:

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