On Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 06:45:43PM +0100, Christian Marangi wrote: > On Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 05:36:49PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 06:26:52PM +0100, Christian Marangi wrote: > > > +/* If a non empty valid_addr_mask is passed, PHY address and > > > + * read/write register are encoded in the regmap register > > > + * by placing the register in the first 16 bits and the PHY address > > > + * right after. > > > + */ > > > +#define MDIO_REGMAP_PHY_ADDR GENMASK(20, 16) > > > +#define MDIO_REGMAP_PHY_REG GENMASK(15, 0) > > > > Clause 45 PHYs have 5 bits of PHY address, then 5 bits of mmd address, > > and then 16 bits of register address - significant in that order. Can > > we adjust the mask for the PHY address later to add the MMD between > > the PHY address and register number? > > > > Honestly to future proof this, I think a good idea might be to add > helper to encode these info and use Clause 45 format even for C22. > Maybe we can use an extra bit to signal if the format is C22 or C45. > > BIT(26) 0: C22 1:C45 > GENMASK(25, 21) PHY ADDR > GENMASK(20, 16) MMD ADDR > GENMASK(15, 0) REG If you look back at older kernels, there was some helpers to do something like this, but the C22/C45 was in bit 31. When i cleaned up MDIO drivers to have separate C22 and C45 read/write functions, they become redundant and they were removed. You might want to bring them back again. Andrew