RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net v2 1/4] net: ethernet: fec: move GPR register offset and bit into DT

[Andy Duan <fugang.duan@xxxxxxx>]

From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2020 6:49 PM
> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 03:09:26PM +0800, fugang.duan@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > The commit da722186f654 (net: fec: set GPR bit on suspend by DT
> > configuration) set the GPR reigster offset and bit in driver for wake
> > on lan feature.
> >
> > But it introduces two issues here:
> > - one SOC has two instances, they have different bit
> > - different SOCs may have different offset and bit
> >
> > So to support wake-on-lan feature on other i.MX platforms, it should
> > configure the GPR reigster offset and bit from DT.
> >
> > So the patch is to improve the commit da722186f654 (net: fec: set GPR
> > bit on suspend by DT configuration) to support multiple ethernet
> > instances on i.MX series.
> >
> > v2:
> >  * switch back to store the quirks bitmask in driver_data
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 103
> > ++++++++++--------------------
> >  1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > index 2e20914..4f55d30 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > @@ -86,56 +86,6 @@ static void fec_enet_itr_coal_init(struct net_device
> *ndev);
> >  #define FEC_ENET_OPD_V       0xFFF0
> >  #define FEC_MDIO_PM_TIMEOUT  100 /* ms */
> >
> > -struct fec_devinfo {
> > -     u32 quirks;
> > -     u8 stop_gpr_reg;
> > -     u8 stop_gpr_bit;
> > -};
> 
> Honestly I like the approach of having a struct fec_devinfo for abstracting
> differences between different hardware variants. It gives you more freedom
> to describe the differences. Converting this back to a single bitfield is a step
> backward, even when currently struct fec_devinfo only contains a single
> value.
> 
> Sascha
> 
Sascha, thanks for your review.
v1 patch is doing like this by using a struct fec_devinfo for abstracting differences.
In fact, I also like v1 method.

I will send the v3 version by using v1 patch.

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