netdev - Re: [PATCH net] r8169: fix page read in r8168g_mdio

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Date:   Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:38:12 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] r8169: fix page read in r8168g_mdio_read

From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:37:58 -0800 (PST)

> From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 21:51:31 +0100
> 
>> Functions like phy_modify_paged() read the current page, on Realtek
>> PHY's this means reading the value of register 0x1f. Add special
>> handling for reading this register, similar to what we do already
>> in r8168g_mdio_write(). Currently we read a random value that by
>> chance seems to be 0 always.
>> 
>> Fixes: a2928d28643e ("r8169: use paged versions of phylib MDIO access functions")
>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
> 
> Applied, thanks.

And also queued up for -stable :-)