linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Pine64+ specific hacks for RTL8211E Ethernet PHY

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Date:   Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:30:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     icenowy@...c.io
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mripard@...nel.org, wens@...e.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, hkallweit1@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Pine64+ specific hacks for RTL8211E Ethernet PHY

From: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@...c.io>
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:08:39 +0800

> 
> 
> 于 2019年10月2日 GMT+08:00 上午12:06:51, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> 写到:
>>From: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@...c.io>
>>Date: Tue,  1 Oct 2019 16:29:09 +0800
>>
>>> There're some Pine64+ boards known to have broken RTL8211E chips, and
>>> a hack is given by Pine64+, which is said to be from Realtek.
>>> 
>>> This patchset adds the hack.
>>> 
>>> The hack is taken from U-Boot, and it contains magic numbers without
>>> any document.
>>
>>Please contact Realtek and try to get an explanation about this.
> 
> Sorry, but Realtek never shows any idea to add more infomation about this.
> 
> These hacks had existed and worked for years.

Have you actually tried to communicate with an appropriate contact yourself?

If not, I am asking you to do so.