Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] net: phy: realtek: Enable accessing RTL8211E extension pages

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On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 11:01:09PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> On 03.07.2019 22:36, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 10:12:12PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> >> On 03.07.2019 21:37, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> >>> The RTL8211E has extension pages, which can be accessed after
> >>> selecting a page through a custom method. Add a function to
> >>> modify bits in a register of an extension page and a helper for
> >>> selecting an ext page.
> >>>
> >>> rtl8211e_modify_ext_paged() is inspired by its counterpart
> >>> phy_modify_paged().
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>> Changes in v2:
> >>> - assign .read/write_page handlers for RTL8211E
> >>
> >> Maybe this was planned, but it's not part of the patch.
> > 
> > Oops, it was definitely there when I tested ... I guess this got
> > somehow lost when changing the patch order and resolving minor
> > conflicts, seems like I only build tested after that :/
> > 
> RTL8211E also supports normal pages (reg 0x1f = page).
> See e.g. rtl8168e_2_hw_phy_config in the r8169 driver, this network
> chip has an integrated RTL8211E PHY. There settings on page 3 and 5
> are done.
> Therefore I would prefer to use .read/write_page for normal paging
> in all Realtek PHY drivers. Means the code here would remain as it
> is and just the changelog would need to be fixed.

Do I understand correctly that you suggest an additional patch that
assigns .read/write_page() for all entries of realtek_drvs?



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