netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: phy: air_en8811h: Add the Airoha EN8811H PHY driver

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Message-ID: <32897bd5-4b53-4280-a5c0-5765cfe5b7d6@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 17:39:37 +0100
From: Eric Woudstra <ericwouds@...il.com>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: phy: air_en8811h: Add the Airoha
 EN8811H PHY driver

Hi Russell,

Thanks for your suggestions, I will change it accordingly.

> Searching the driver for "air_buckpbus_reg_read", there are four
> instances where you read-modify-write, and only one instance which is
> just a read.
> 
> I wonder whether it would make more sense to structure the accessors as
> 
> 	__air_buckpbus_set_address(phydev, addr)
> 	__air_buckpbus_read(phydev, *data)
> 	__air_buckpbus_write(phydev, data)
> 
> which would make implementing reg_read, reg_write and reg_modify()
> easier, and the addition of reg_modify() means that (a) there are less
> bus cycles (through having to set the address twice) and (b) ensures
> that the read-modify-write can be done atomically on the bus. This
> assumes that reading data doesn't auto-increment the address (which
> you would need to check.)

I will see if I can change the code to:

        __air_buckpbus_set_address(phydev, addr)
        __air_buckpbus_read(phydev, *data)
        __air_buckpbus_write(phydev, data)
        air_buckpbus_reg_read()
        air_buckpbus_reg_write()
        air_buckpbus_reg_modify()

While not changing (except if (saved_page >= 0)):

        __air_write_buf()
        air_write_buf()

> While you only support 2500base-T, is there any reason not to use
> linkmode_adv_to_mii_10gbt_adv_t() ?

I will change it to use linkmode_adv_to_mii_10gbt_adv_t().

Best Regards,

Eric Woudstra