netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v4 26/28] net: dsa: permit driver to provide custom phy_mii

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Date:   Sat, 8 May 2021 08:52:03 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v4 26/28] net: dsa: permit driver to provide
 custom phy_mii_mask for slave mdiobus



On 5/7/2021 5:29 PM, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> Some switch doesn't have a 1:1 map phy to port. Permit driver to provide
> a custom phy_mii_mask so the internal mdiobus can correctly use the
> provided phy reg as it can differ from the port reg.
> The qca8k driver is provided as a first user of this function.

Why not have qca8k be in charge of allocating its internal MDIO bus like
what mv88e6xxx or bcm_sf2 do? That would allow you to do all sorts of
customization there and you could skip having patches 23 and 24.
-- 
Florian