netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net/fsl_pq_mdio: Allow explicit speficition of TBIPA address

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Date:   Sun, 08 Apr 2018 12:45:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     esben.haabendal@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eha@...f.com, claudiu.manoil@...escale.com,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com, garsilva@...eddedor.com,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net/fsl_pq_mdio: Allow explicit speficition of
 TBIPA address

From: Esben Haabendal <esben.haabendal@...il.com>
Date: Fri,  6 Apr 2018 14:38:34 +0200

> From: Esben Haabendal <eha@...f.com>
> 
> This introduces a simpler and generic method for for finding (and mapping)
> the TBIPA register.
> 
> Instead of relying of complicated logic for finding the TBIPA register
> address based on the MDIO or MII register block base
> address, which even in some cases relies on undocumented shadow registers,
> a second "reg" entry for the mdio bus devicetree node specifies the TBIPA
> register.
> 
> Backwards compatibility is kept, as the existing logic is applied when
> only a single "reg" mapping is specified.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Esben Haabendal <eha@...f.com>

Applied.