[PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: dsa: mxl862xx: MDIO bus integrity and optimization
From: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Date: 2026-03-22 13:27:32
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From: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Date: 2026-03-22 13:27:32
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The MxL862xx firmware offers opt-in CRC validation on the MDIO/MMD command interface to guard against bit errors on the bus. The driver has not used this until now. This series enables CRC protection on both the command registers (CRC-6) and data payloads (CRC-16), and reduces MDIO bus traffic by bulk-zeroing registers instead of writing zero-valued words individually. Changes since initial submittions: * trigger worker which takes down all ports in case of a CRC error Daniel Golle (2): net: dsa: mxl862xx: add CRC for MDIO communication net: dsa: mxl862xx: use RST_DATA to skip writing zero words drivers/net/dsa/mxl862xx/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/net/dsa/mxl862xx/mxl862xx-host.c | 377 +++++++++++++++++++---- drivers/net/dsa/mxl862xx/mxl862xx-host.h | 2 + drivers/net/dsa/mxl862xx/mxl862xx.c | 11 + drivers/net/dsa/mxl862xx/mxl862xx.h | 2 + 5 files changed, 331 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-) -- 2.53.0