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Re: [PATCH 2/9] ax88179_178a: Add HW support for AX179A-based chips

From: Birger Koblitz <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-08 18:27:39
Also in: linux-usb, lkml


On 7/1/26 17:05, Andrew Lunn wrote:
quoted
  #include <linux/usb/usbnet.h>
  #include <uapi/linux/mdio.h>
  #include <linux/mdio.h>
+#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
Does this patch require this header?
Yes, because of the use of __vlan_hwaccel_put_tag later in the patch.
quoted
@@ -414,7 +570,6 @@ static int ax88179_suspend(struct usb_interface *intf, pm_message_t message)
  
  	usbnet_suspend(intf, message);
  
-	/* Enable WoL */
  	if (priv->wolopts) {
Please try to avoid changes like this.
Fixed in v2.
quoted
  	/* Force bulk-in zero length */
  	ax88179_read_cmd(dev, AX_ACCESS_MAC, AX_PHYPWR_RSTCTL,
-			 2, 2, &tmp16);
+			2, 2, &tmp16);
  
  	tmp16 |= AX_PHYPWR_RSTCTL_BZ | AX_PHYPWR_RSTCTL_IPRL;
  	ax88179_write_cmd(dev, AX_ACCESS_MAC, AX_PHYPWR_RSTCTL,
-			  2, 2, &tmp16);
+			2, 2, &tmp16);
Please put white space changes in another patch.
Will be removed from v2.
quoted
+	/* Initialize MII structure */
+	dev->mii.dev = dev->net;
+	dev->mii.mdio_read = ax88179_mdio_read;
+	dev->mii.mdio_write = ax88179_mdio_write;
+	dev->mii.phy_id_mask = 0xff;
+	dev->mii.reg_num_mask = 0xff;
+	dev->mii.phy_id = 0x03;
If this device is going to have a long term future, it really should
move to phylink.
As discussed previously, I started converting the code to phylink,
but for the PHYs implemented as IP-cores in the the AX88179A-based chips,
the behaviour of the PHYs is so different from their discrete counterparts
because of other firmware used, that even if they have the same PHY-ID as
their discrete counterparts, they behave entirely differently and in a
way that is adapted to being used via USB as part of a USB-Ethernet
adapter.

Only few of the USB-Ethernet drivers presently use phylink (asix,
lan78xx), btw.

Birger
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