Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v4 26/28] net: dsa: permit driver to provide custom phy_mii_mask for slave mdiobus
From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Date: 2021-05-08 15:52:45
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On 5/7/2021 5:29 PM, Ansuel Smith wrote:
Some switch doesn't have a 1:1 map phy to port. Permit driver to provide a custom phy_mii_mask so the internal mdiobus can correctly use the provided phy reg as it can differ from the port reg. The qca8k driver is provided as a first user of this function.
Why not have qca8k be in charge of allocating its internal MDIO bus like what mv88e6xxx or bcm_sf2 do? That would allow you to do all sorts of customization there and you could skip having patches 23 and 24. -- Florian