netdev - RE: [PATCH] net: add regs attribute to phy device for user diagnose

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Message-ID: <8729016553E3654398EA69218DA29EEF15A58E63@cnshjmbx04>
Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:11:11 +0000
From:   YUAN Linyu <Linyu.Yuan@...atel-sbell.com.cn>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>
CC:     "cugyly@....com" <cugyly@....com>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net: add regs attribute to phy device for user diagnose



> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 5:54 AM
> To: f.fainelli@...il.com
> Cc: cugyly@....com; andrew@...n.ch; netdev@...r.kernel.org; YUAN Linyu
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: add regs attribute to phy device for user diagnose
> 
> From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:22:16 -0800
> 
> >
> > So why not add support in ethtool for reading PHY registers if you need
> > it? There are handful of PHY "things" in ethtool, such as reading
> > counters, configuring downshift etc., adding support for dumping
> > registers does not sound out of space.
Thanks, I will try this direction.
> 
> Agreed.