netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/2] ixgbe: register a mdiobus

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Date:   Mon, 3 Dec 2018 19:44:22 +0000
From:   Steve Douthit <stephend@...icom-usa.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/2] ixgbe: register a mdiobus

On 12/3/18 2:07 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 12/3/18 10:55 AM, Steve Douthit wrote:
>> Most dsa devices expect a 'struct mii_bus' pointer to talk to switches
>> via the MII interface.
>>
>> While this works for dsa devices, it will not work safely with Linux
>> PHYs in all configurations since the firmware of the ixgbe device may
>> be polling some PHY addresses in the background.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Douthit <stephend@...icom-usa.com>
>> ---
> 
> [snip]
> 
>> +/**
>> + *  ixgbe_mii_bus_write - Write a clause 22/45 register
>> + *  @hw: pointer to hardware structure
>> + *  @addr: address
>> + *  @regnum: register number
>> + *  @regnum: valueto write
> 
> This should be @val to match the function parameters

OK

>> + **/
>> +static s32 ixgbe_mii_bus_write(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, int regnum,
>> +			       u16 val)
>> +{
>> +	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = (struct ixgbe_adapter *)bus->priv;
> 
> Nitpick: cast is not necessary since this is a void * pointer (for that
> reason).

OK, I'll clean up this and other unnecessary casts.

I forgot Andrew's suggestion to squash the swfw semaphore masks from:

+	u32 gssr = hw->phy.phy_semaphore_mask | IXGBE_GSSR_TOKEN_SM;
+
+	if (hw->bus.lan_id)
+		gssr |= IXGBE_GSSR_PHY1_SM;
+	else
+		gssr |= IXGBE_GSSR_PHY0_SM;

to

+	u32 gssr = hw->phy.phy_semaphore_mask;
+	gssr |= IXGBE_GSSR_TOKEN_SM | IXGBE_GSSR_PHY0_SM;

Is it ok to collect both of your 'Reviewed-by:'s with that additional
change for v4?