linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: dp83869: Add PHY ID for chip revision 3

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Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 09:04:27 +0200 (CEST)
From: Thomas Geßler <gessler_t@...eckmann-gmbh.de>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
cc: Thomas Gessler <thomas.gessler@...eckmann-gmbh.de>, 
    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>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, MD Danish Anwar <danishanwar@...com>, 
    Ravi Gunasekaran <r-gunasekaran@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: dp83869: Add PHY ID for chip revision 3

Hi Andrew,

On Tue, 14 May 2024, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> As the name suggests, it matches on the model. The revision is
> ignored. A mask is applied to ignore the lower nibble. So this change
> looks pointless.

Ah, I see. I did not realize that the match ignores the lower bits. I was
having trouble getting the driver to match when first experimenting with
the chip and thought this was part of the problem. As it turns out, it now
works without this patch.

Please disregard it.

Thomas