netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/4] net/fsl: xgmac_mdio: Add workaround for erratum A-009885

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:24:22 +0100
From:   Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, madalin.bucur@....com,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, mpe@...erman.id.au, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
        paulus@...ba.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/4] net/fsl: xgmac_mdio: Add workaround for erratum
 A-009885

On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 23:02, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 10:15:26PM +0100, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
>> Once an MDIO read transaction is initiated, we must read back the data
>> register within 16 MDC cycles after the transaction completes. Outside
>> of this window, reads may return corrupt data.
>> 
>> Therefore, disable local interrupts in the critical section, to
>> maximize the probability that we can satisfy this requirement.
>
> Since this is for net, a Fixes: tag would be nice. Maybe that would be
> for the commit which added this driver, or maybe when the DTSI files
> for the SOCs which have this errata we added?

Alright, I wasn't sure how to tag WAs for errata since it is more about
the hardware than the driver. Should I send a v2 even if nothing else
pops up, or is this more of a if-you're-sending-a-v2-anyway type of
comment?