netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC 1/4] net: phy: swphy: emulate register MII

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Message-ID: <20190814153456.GS15047@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:34:56 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Marek Behun <marek.behun@....cz>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/4] net: phy: swphy: emulate register MII_ESTATUS

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 11:24:56PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> When the genphy driver binds to a swphy it will call
> genphy_read_abilites that will try to read MII_ESTATUS if BMSR_ESTATEN
> is set in MII_BMSR. So far this would read the default value 0xffff
> and 1000FD and 1000HD are reported as supported just by chance.
> Better add explicit support for emulating MII_ESTATUS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew