netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 05/14] amd-xgbe: Add additional debugfs support

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Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2017 02:30:57 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 05/14] amd-xgbe: Add additional debugfs
 support

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 07:02:50PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> Add additional debugfs support for reading / writing registers of any
> attached external phy devices as well as the SFP eeprom data.

Hi Tom

What is wrong with using the standard APIs for this?

ethtool --moduile-info

ioctls SIOCGMIIREG and SIOCSMIIREG.

	Andrew