netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 0/8] Add support for VSC7511-7514 chips over SPI

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Date:   Sat, 10 Jul 2021 22:01:45 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        olteanv@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, claudiu.manoil@....com,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 0/8] Add support for VSC7511-7514 chips
 over SPI

On 10/07/2021 12:25:54-0700, Colin Foster wrote:
> Add support for configuration and control of the VSC7511, VSC7512, VSC7513, and
> VSC7514 chips over a SPI interface. The intent is to control these chips from an
> external CPU. The expectation is to have most of the features of the
> net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vsc7514 driver.
> 
> I have tried to heed all the advice from my first patch RFC. Thanks to everyone
> for all the feedback.
> 
> The current status is that there are two functional "bugs" that need
> investigation:
> 1. The first probe of the internal MDIO bus fails. I suspect this is related to
> power supplies / grounding issues that would not appear on standard hardware.

Did you properly reset the internal phys? mdio-mscc-miim.c does that.

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Alexandre Belloni, co-owner and COO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com