netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: micrel: Fix detection of ksz87xx switch

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Date:   Fri, 30 Jul 2021 09:59:36 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Steve Bennett <steveb@...kware.net.au>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: micrel: Fix detection of ksz87xx switch

Please extend the CC list to the maintainers, and people who
worked on this driver in the past, especially Marek.

On Fri, 30 Jul 2021 20:51:20 +1000 Steve Bennett wrote:
> The previous logic was wrong such that the ksz87xx
> switch was not identified correctly.

Any more details of what is happening? Which extact device do you see
this problem on?

I presume ksz87xx devices used to work and gotten broken - would you
mind clarifying and adding a Fixes tag to help backporting to the
correct stable branches?

> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
> index 4d53886f7d51..a4acec02c8cb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
> @@ -401,11 +401,11 @@ static int ksz8041_config_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  }
>  
>  static int ksz8051_ksz8795_match_phy_device(struct phy_device *phydev,
> -					    const u32 ksz_phy_id)
> +					    const u32 ksz_8051)

bool and use true/false in the callers?