netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: phy: Fix reading LED reg property

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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:51:12 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tq-group.com>
Cc:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: phy: Fix reading LED reg property

> $ hexdump -C /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/soc@...us@...00000/
> ethernet@...f0000/mdio/ethernet-phy@...eds/led@...eg
> 00000000  00 00 00 02                                       |....|
> 00000004
> 
> Using of_property_read_u8 will only read the first byte, thus all values of 
> reg result in 0.

Ah! Thanks for the explanation. And the board i tested only had one
led, at reg = <0>; so it worked.

> > I deliberately used of_property_read_u8() because it will perform a
> > range check, and if the value is bigger or smaller than 0-256 it will
> > return an error. Your change does not include such range checks, which
> > i don't like.
> 
> Sure, I can added this check.

Great, thanks.

       Andrew