netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: refine SMI support

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Date:   Fri, 3 May 2019 18:58:10 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: refine SMI support



On 5/3/2019 4:28 PM, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> The Marvell SOHO switches have several ways to access the internal
> registers. One of them being the System Management Interface (SMI),
> using the MDC and MDIO pins, with direct and indirect variants.
> 
> In preparation for adding support for other register accesses, move
> the SMI code into its own files. At the same time, refine the code
> to make it clear that the indirect variant is implemented using the
> direct variant accessing only two registers for command and data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
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Florian