netdev - Re: [PATCH 10/19] usbnet: smsc95xx: Replace smsc95xx_mdio_read() with phy

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Date:   Fri, 4 Jan 2019 16:57:38 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Nisar Sayed <Nisar.Sayed@...rochip.com>,
        Woojung Huh <Woojung.Huh@...rochip.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/19] usbnet: smsc95xx: Replace smsc95xx_mdio_read()
 with phy_read()

> I wonder, if I use the phylib functions instead of the ad-hoc ones in
> the MAC driver, is there still a problem with synchronization ?

You would need to look deep into phylib. When does it reset the PHY?
Configure auto-neg, setup interrupts, etc? It looks like both are
going to do this, so i expect they are going to mess each other up.

      Andrew