linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v8 4/4] net: dsa: add basic initial driver for MxL862xx switches

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Message-ID: <8f267321-25fc-447f-8ff3-5d5b2d844d30@lunn.ch>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:04:10 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 4/4] net: dsa: add basic initial driver for
 MxL862xx switches

> > int mxl862xx_to_zephyr_errno(u16 reg)
> so that would then just be
> 	return (s16)reg;
> right?

Yes.

> 
> Or did you think to include the handling of the error __mdiodev_c45_read()
> would return, ie.
> int mxl862xx_to_zephyr_errno(int reg)
> {
> 	if (reg < 0)
> 		return reg;

No, that mixes up real linux error codes and Zephyr OS error codes.

If the MDIO operation fails, you have a real error code you can
return. If the firmware fails, you will want to netdev_err() the
Zephyr error code to aid debug, and then return -EIO.

> Or actually translating the actual errno to a Linux error code?

Is it worth the effort? How many times have you seen the firmware
fail? During debugging, it might be useful, but in production?

      Andrew