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Date:   Thu, 8 Aug 2019 10:36:37 +0200
From:   Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     Yuiko.Oshino@...rochip.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        kernel@...gutronix.de, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        Ravi.Hegde@...rochip.com, Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: net: micrel: confusion about phyids used in driver

Hello,

On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 08:55:07PM +0000, Yuiko.Oshino@...rochip.com wrote:
> >On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 09:22:43AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> >> On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 11:07:45PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> >> > On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 10:55:29PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> >> > > On 09.05.2019 22:29, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> >> > > > I have a board here that has a KSZ8051MLL (datasheet:
> >> > > > http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/ksz8051mll.pdf, phyid:
> >> > > > 0x0022155x) assembled. The actual phyid is 0x00221556.
> >> > >
> >> > > I think the datasheets are the source of the confusion. If the
> >> > > datasheets for different chips list 0x0022155x as PHYID each, and
> >> > > authors of support for additional chips don't check the existing
> >> > > code, then happens what happened.
> >> > >
> >> > > However it's not a rare exception and not Microchip-specific that
> >> > > sometimes vendors use the same PHYID for different chips.
> >>
> >> From the vendor's POV it is even sensible to reuse the phy IDs iff the
> >> chips are "compatible".
> >>
> >> Assuming that the last nibble of the phy ID actually helps to
> >> distinguish the different (not completely) compatible chips, we need
> >> some more detailed information than available in the data sheets I have.
> >> There is one person in the recipents of this mail with an
> >> @microchip.com address (hint, hint!).
> >
> >can you give some input here or forward to a person who can?
>
> I forward this to the team.

This thread still sits in my inbox waiting for some feedback. Did
something happen on your side?

Best regards
Uwe

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