linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regmap: mdio: Reject invalid clause-22 addresses

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Date:   Mon, 07 Jun 2021 13:12:01 +0200
From:   Sander Vanheule <sander@...nheule.net>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regmap: mdio: Reject invalid clause-22 addresses

On Mon, 2021-06-07 at 12:03 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 10:31:18AM +0200, Sander Vanheule wrote:
> > Currently a regmap configuration for regmap-mdio must have a register
> > address width of 5 bits (cf. clause-22 register access). This is not
> > enforced on the provided register addresses, which would enable
> > clause-45 MDIO bus access, if the right bit packing is used.
> 
> Please don't send new patches in reply to old patch serieses, it makes
> it hard to follow what's going on and what the current state of things
> is and makes it easy for things to get missed when threads get cleaned
> out.

Sorry, my bad. I usually have an updated cover letter in between updated
patches, but this was only one patch. I'll include a LKML-link to the previous
version(s) in the future, to keep an easy reference around.

Best,
Sander