netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: continue searching for C45 MMDs even if first returned ffff:ffff

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Date:   Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:09:59 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux@...linux.org.uk, f.fainelli@...il.com, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, claudiu.manoil@....com,
        alexandru.marginean@....com, ioana.ciornei@....com,
        michael@...le.cc
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: continue searching for C45 MMDs even
 if first returned ffff:ffff

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:01:39PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 19:48:15 +0300 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> > 
> > At the time of introduction, in commit bdeced75b13f ("net: dsa: felix:
> > Add PCS operations for PHYLINK"), support for the Lynx PCS inside Felix
> > was relying, for USXGMII support, on the fact that get_phy_device() is
> > able to parse the Lynx PCS "device-in-package" registers for this C45
> > MDIO device and identify it correctly.
> > [...]
> 
> PHY folks, is this part of the larger PCS discussion or something
> you're happy to have applied in the current form?

Hi Jakub

This seems fine, independent of the PCS discussions.

     Andrew