netdev - Re: AW: [PATCH v2] net: phy: realtek: convert RTL8226-CG to c45 only

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Message-ID: <aIt3Mf-_NC8HehHt@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:01:21 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: markus.stockhausen@....de
Cc: 'Heiner Kallweit' <hkallweit1@...il.com>, andrew@...n.ch,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, michael@...sekall.de, daniel@...rotopia.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jan@....eu
Subject: Re: AW: [PATCH v2] net: phy: realtek: convert RTL8226-CG to c45 only

On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 12:55:40PM +0200, markus.stockhausen@....de wrote:
> As soon as this bit is set to one mode the bus will block most
> accesses with the other mode. E.g. In c22 mode registers 13/14
> are a dead end. So the only option for the bus is to limit access
> like this.

Why would a bus implementation block access to clause 22 registers
13/14 when operating in clause 22 mode? Or is the above badly phrased?

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