linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] net: ethernet: Add driver for Sunplus SP7021

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Date:   Thu, 25 Nov 2021 16:20:44 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Wells Lu 呂芳騰 <wells.lu@...plus.com>
Cc:     Wells Lu <wellslutw@...il.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "p.zabel@...gutronix.de" <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Vincent Shih 施錕鴻 
        <vincent.shih@...plus.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] net: ethernet: Add driver for Sunplus SP7021

> Due to hardware design, we still need to set PHY address,
> because MDIO controller of SP7021 only sends out MDIO 
> commands with the same address listed in PHY address 
> registers. The function below needs to be kept.

I suggest you actually set it to some other address. One of the
good/bad things about MDIO is you have no idea if the device is
there. A read to a device which does not exist just returns 0xffff,
not an error. So i would set the address of 0x1f. I've never seen a
PHY actually use that address.

    Andrew