netdev - Re: [PATCH V3] net: phy: tja11xx: Add TJA11xx PHY driver

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Date:   Thu, 3 Jan 2019 03:09:51 +0100
From:   Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] net: phy: tja11xx: Add TJA11xx PHY driver

On 12/23/18 10:16 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 12/22/18 6:39 PM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> On 22.12.2018 00:35, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>> Add driver for the NXP TJA1100 and TJA1101 PHYs. These PHYs are special
>>> BroadRReach 100BaseT1 PHYs used in automotive.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
>>> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
>>> Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
>>> Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>> V2: - Use phy_modify(), phy_{set,clear}_bits()
>>>     - Drop enable argument of tja11xx_enable_link_control()
>>>     - Use PHY_BASIC_T1_FEATURES and dont modify supported/advertised
>>>       features in config_init callback
>>>     - Use genphy_soft_reset() instead of opencoding the reset sequence.
>>>     - Drop the aneg parts, since the PHY datasheet claims it does not
>>>       support aneg
>>> V3: - Replace clr with mask
>>>     - Add hwmon support
>>>     - Check commstat in tja11xx_read_status() only if link is up
>>>     - Use PHY_ID_MATCH_MODEL()
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/net/phy/Kconfig       |   6 +
>>>  drivers/net/phy/Makefile      |   1 +
>>>  drivers/net/phy/nxp-tja11xx.c | 424 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  3 files changed, 431 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/phy/nxp-tja11xx.c
>>>
>> [...]
>>> +
>>> +struct tja11xx_phy_stats {
>>> +	const char	*string;
>>> +	u8		reg;
>>> +	u8		off;
>>> +	u16		mask;
>>> +};
>>> +
>> As written in my other mail, you could think of using
>> FIELD_GET() again. Things like
>> ... n, BIT(n), 
>> ... m, BIT(m), 
>> are simply redundant.
> 
> Done

And undone, FIELD_GET() requires a mask that is compile-time constant.
That's not the case here.

Replicating what FIELD_GET() does at runtime is inefficient, so we can
as well encode the field and offset back into the table. Or is there a
better suggestion ?

-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut