netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] microchip: lan865x: add ndo_eth_ioctl handler to enable PHY ioctl support

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Message-ID: <da9cd82e-e3f0-47a8-815b-024bab5e81d3@lunn.ch>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:48:44 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Parthiban Veerasooran <parthiban.veerasooran@...rochip.com>
Cc: andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] microchip: lan865x: add ndo_eth_ioctl
 handler to enable PHY ioctl support

On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 05:15:49PM +0530, Parthiban Veerasooran wrote:
> Introduce support for standard MII ioctl operations in the LAN865x
> Ethernet driver by implementing the .ndo_eth_ioctl callback. This allows
> PHY-related ioctl commands to be handled via phy_do_ioctl_running() and
> enables support for ethtool and other user-space tools that rely on ioctl
> interface to perform PHY register access using commands like SIOCGMIIREG
> and SIOCSMIIREG.
> 
> This feature enables improved diagnostics and PHY configuration
> capabilities from userspace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Parthiban Veerasooran <parthiban.veerasooran@...rochip.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew