linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v7 14/16] net: dsa: qca8k: cache lo and hi for mdio write

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Message-ID: <e8a1ed56-ba04-45bf-8e89-3404ae1b3239@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:42:36 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v7 14/16] net: dsa: qca8k: cache lo and hi for mdio
 write



On 1/22/2022 5:33 PM, Ansuel Smith wrote:
>  From Documentation, we can cache lo and hi the same way we do with the
> page. This massively reduce the mdio write as 3/4 of the time as we only
> require to write the lo or hi part for a mdio write.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>

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