netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] net: phy: realtek: disable broadcast address feature of rtl8211f

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Message-ID: <7a322deb-e20e-4b32-9fef-d4a48bf0c128@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 07:50:40 +0100
From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To: Zhiyuan Wan <kmlinuxm@...il.com>, andrew@...n.ch
Cc: kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 willy.liu@...ltek.com, Yuki Lee <febrieac@...look.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] net: phy: realtek: disable broadcast address
 feature of rtl8211f

On 03.12.2024 05:26, Zhiyuan Wan wrote:
> This feature is enabled defaultly after a reset of this transceiver.
> When this feature is enabled, the phy not only responds to the
> configuration PHY address by pin states on board, but also responds
> to address 0, the optional broadcast address of the MDIO bus.
> 
> But some MDIO device like mt7530 switch chip (integrated in mt7621
> SoC), also use address 0 to configure a specific port, when use
> mt7530 and rtl8211f together, it usually causes address conflict,
> leads to the port of RTL8211FS stops working.
> 
> This patch disables broadcast address feature of rtl8211f, and
> returns -ENODEV if using broadcast address (0) as phy address.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Yuki Lee <febrieac@...look.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhiyuan Wan <kmlinuxm@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/realtek.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> index f65d7f1f3..8a38b02ad 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
>  #define RTL8211F_PHYCR1				0x18
>  #define RTL8211F_PHYCR2				0x19
>  #define RTL8211F_INSR				0x1d
> +#define RTL8211F_PHYAD0_EN			BIT(13)
>  
>  #define RTL8211F_LEDCR				0x10
>  #define RTL8211F_LEDCR_MODE			BIT(15)
> @@ -139,6 +140,17 @@ static int rtl821x_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(priv->clk),
>  				     "failed to get phy clock\n");
>  
> +	dev_dbg(dev, "disabling MDIO address 0 for this phy");
> +	ret = phy_modify_paged_changed(phydev, 0xa43, RTL8211F_PHYCR1,
> +				       RTL8211F_PHYAD0_EN, 0);

Why do you use the _changed version if you don't use the related feature?

And formal aspects:
- patch should be annotated net-next
- you missed to address all maintainers, use the get_maintainers.pl
  script

> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "disabling MDIO address 0 failed: %pe\n",
> +			ERR_PTR(ret));
> +	}
> +	/* Don't allow using broadcast address as PHY address */
> +	if (phydev->mdio.addr == 0)
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +
>  	ret = phy_read_paged(phydev, 0xa43, RTL8211F_PHYCR1);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;