netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Pine64+ specific hacks for RTL8211E Ethernet PHY

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Date:   Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:06:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     icenowy@...c.io
Cc:     robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com, mripard@...nel.org,
        wens@...e.org, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        hkallweit1@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Pine64+ specific hacks for RTL8211E Ethernet PHY

From: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@...c.io>
Date: Tue,  1 Oct 2019 16:29:09 +0800

> There're some Pine64+ boards known to have broken RTL8211E chips, and
> a hack is given by Pine64+, which is said to be from Realtek.
> 
> This patchset adds the hack.
> 
> The hack is taken from U-Boot, and it contains magic numbers without
> any document.

Please contact Realtek and try to get an explanation about this.

I understand that eventually we may not get a proper explanation
but I really want you to put forth real effort to nail down whats
going on here before I even consider these patches seriously.

Thank you.