linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: broadcom: stub c45 read/write for 54810

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Message-ID: <73951864-6632-1a67-5c7e-a96586429429@broadcom.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:54:20 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
To:     Justin Chen <justin.chen@...adcom.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Broadcom internal kernel review list 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: broadcom: stub c45 read/write for 54810



On 8/11/2023 4:47 PM, Justin Chen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 4:40 PM Florian Fainelli
> <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/11/2023 4:29 PM, Justin Chen wrote:
>>> The 54810 does not support c45. The mmd_phy_indirect accesses return
>>> arbirtary values leading to odd behavior like saying it supports EEE
>>> when it doesn't. We also see that reading/writing these non-existent
>>> MMD registers leads to phy instability in some cases.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Justin Chen <justin.chen@...adcom.com>
>>
>> Thanks for submitting this fix, I would be tempted to slap a:
>>
>> Fixes: b14995ac2527 ("net: phy: broadcom: Add BCM54810 PHY entry")
>>
>> so we get it back ported to stable trees where appropriate. It is not
>> clear whether we should return -EINVAL vs. -EOPNOTSUPP which may more
>> clearly indicate the inability to support MMD registers?
> 
> Hmm agreed EOPNOTSUPP seems better here. Will submit v2 with fixes tag
> if there are no objections to this patch.

Since this is a fix, you will want to use [PATCH net] as the subject 
prefix per:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt

and wait 24hrs in case someone provides additional review that you can 
incorporate in your v2.
-- 
Florian

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