netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] r8169: improve RTL8168g PHY suspend quirk

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Date:   Thu, 07 Jan 2021 23:10:08 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, nic_swsd@...ltek.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] r8169: improve RTL8168g PHY suspend quirk

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (refs/heads/master):

On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 11:44:53 +0100 you wrote:
> According to Realtek the ERI register 0x1a8 quirk is needed to work
> around a hw issue with the PHY on RTL8168g. The register needs to be
> changed before powering down the PHY. Currently we don't meet this
> requirement, however I'm not aware of any problems caused by this.
> Therefore I see the change as an improvement.
> 
> The PHY driver has no means to access the chip ERI registers,
> therefore we have to intercept MDIO writes to the BMCR register.
> If the BMCR_PDOWN bit is going to be set, then let's apply the
> quirk before actually powering down the PHY.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,1/2] r8169: move ERI access functions to avoid forward declaration
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/c6cff9dfebb3
  - [net-next,2/2] r8169: improve RTL8168g PHY suspend quirk
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/acb58657c869

You are awesome, thank you!
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