netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] net-next: dsa: add dsa support for Mediatek MT7530 switch

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Date:   Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:02:15 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     sean.wang@...iatek.com
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com,
        matthias.bgg@...il.com, robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, Landen.Chao@...iatek.com, keyhaede@...il.com,
        objelf@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] net-next: dsa: add dsa support for
 Mediatek MT7530 switch

Hi Sean

> +	regmap = devm_regmap_init(ds->dev, NULL, priv,
> +				  &mt7530_regmap_config);
> +	if (IS_ERR(regmap))
> +		dev_warn(priv->dev, "phy regmap initialization failed");
> +

Shouldn't this be a fatal error? If you keep going when there is an
error, what happens when you actually try to use the regmap?

> +	phy_mode = of_get_phy_mode(ds->ports[ds->dst->cpu_port].dn);
> +	if (phy_mode < 0) {
> +		dev_err(priv->dev, "Can't find phy-mode for master device\n");
> +		return phy_mode;
> +	}
> +	dev_info(priv->dev, "phy-mode for master device = %x\n", phy_mode);

dev_dbg? 

> +
> +	id = mt7530_read(priv, MT7530_CREV);
> +	id >>= CHIP_NAME_SHIFT;
> +	if (id != MT7530_ID)
> +		return -ENODEV;

It might be helpful to say what ID has been found, if it is not the
supported ID.

	Andrew